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2018.11.04 - Castleton, Cave Dale start at SK151827 & ~SW up Dale to SK135813, take track ~W for ~200m then NNW (to West of Rowter Farm), cross rd, pass thru Windy Knoll, cross further 2 rds up to B.W. on Rushup Edge & W along it to SK099829, ~N for ~300m on SUV track toward Chapel Gate , branch off NW onto slab paved path ~2km to Brown Knoll (Survey Beacon), & ~300m beyond, track ~N then NW to BW at SK081861, BW ~E to Jacobs Ladder (north side path), ~ESE to Upper Booth, FP ~SE to Rail track & ~100m along it, cross rail bridge S & ~E thru Barber Booth, cross bridge N  then ~400m along track, cross track S then ~600m (past Edale RW Stn) to PC, *S / W / S on rds to pass Hardenclough Farm, cross E over brook then S short of  Greenlands, BW ~E to Hollins Cross, ~SE on 'very degraded' path then road into Castleton - leader Andrew Irwin - Sunday  *(route taken by photographer + 2 others in advance of main party) - this route about 13.5miles in fast time of about 6 hrs)

Castleton's Church
 
On the way to Cave Dale  - house on left has has Halloween pumpkins - see next picture
delightful Halloween pumpkins

slippery entrance to Cave Dale - care required in wet, snowy & icy conditions
 
Peveril Castle behind us
 
the gloom thickens
 
 
near Rowter Farm but hidden by mist
 
passing Windy Knoll
on the slopes leading up to Rushup Edge
Rushup Edge
path across moor land to Brown Knoll apparently paved with old 'millstone'about four years ago (previously the path through peat & slush was difficult and slow to navigate)
 
stream crossing with paving slabs
our party at Brown Knoll Trigonometric Survey Beacon - now most surveying is done from airplanes and this point (undermined) is probably not used
our path taken leading to the bridleway (Edale Cross to Jacob's Ladder
 
banana count on this walk at least three!
downward towards Jacob's ladder
 
looking towards Mam Tor top centre with Rushup Edge to its right
beacon at top of Jacob's Ladder which is to its left. - an alternative more gradual but still interesting path goes to its right
brown patch of bracken ahead - greener / yellow patches to right are probably bilberries
Jacob's Ladder
 
 
packhorse bridge crossing brook below? - but probably easier more gradual sloping alternative route (gate into lane to right just visible) was used by pack animals.. A derelict building (possibly farmhouse) is passed on that route 
 
 
Brook is one of several leading  into the River Noe passing through The Vale of Edale lower down
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lee House?
 
Crowden Brook somewhere behind barn?
grey squirrels eating berries - picture taken by Richard Bennett 
Crowden Brook just before Upper Booth
Upper Booth
 
 
road up from Edale to Mam Nik & Castleton visible
looking back SWS from rail bridge (before Barber Booth) to Gowburn Tunnel. Brown Knoll Survey Beacon  is North of the rail track
fallen tree before Barber Booth
Methodist Chapel with graveyard near Barber Booth
 
zoomed in picture of Edale Signal Box (near left) then Station from bridge some distance away to west
Harden Clough Farm - passed on way to Hollins Clough

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