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2020.10.28**solo social distancing walk, AUTUMN COLOURS ON FOUR RESERVOIRS start Low Bradfield (parked on road to East of Cricket Field), follow road ~NNW past Toilet Block below Agden Embankment / spillway & turn up ~NNE to road, follow road on the East side of  Agden Reser to SK262928, turn into Reser ~WSW then follow North Edge of Reser westward to SK251931, turn ~SW to join Windy Bank (Rd) at SK249928, ~W up Rd to junction with Mortimer Rd, FP ~SSE down to Dale Rd and short distance ~W along it to SK246920, turn in ~S then follow ~WSW /SSW on the North side edge of Dale Dike Reser., cross first FB then turn SE to SK234906, ~SSW up behind wall along Strines Reser. & Spillway, turn ~S passing (to East of Tower) toward Sugworth Hall, follow fenced FP (thru Rhododendrons) ~S past Hall to join Sugworth Rd at SK233894, follow rd ~SW for ~200m, stile & path ~SSE thru Lodge Moor to SK235885, follow track ~E past Crawshaw Head, at SK253883 turn North over Ladder Stile & continue ~N to SK253886, turn ENE to join FP at SK256888, NNW over stile & on FP to access rd into Crawshaw Farm, ~N on access rd away from C.Farm, at SK225892 turn ~NE into woods then ~N following Royds Clough but turning ~NE to join Corker Lane at SK260900, follow Corker Lane eastward (past Hall Broom entrance), to SK273898 & take FP steeply down to North, at SK272901 turn ~NE thru Rickets Bank, cross road to Southern side edge of Damflask Reser, follow edge of Reser ~NW  to end & turn N over Dale Dike / Agden Brooks then into Low Bradfield. 

1 The stream after Agden Reservoirs spillway

2 a glimpse of Agden's spillway

3 Rocher Rocks above Agden reservoir

4 The road on the East edge of Agden Reservoir

5 on the edge of Agden Reservoir

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10 Agden Dike into the reservoir

11 Agden Woods

12 Emin Dike also feeds Agden Reservoir

13 on the way down to Dale Dike reservoir

14 Dale Dike Reservoir to left below with a glimpse of Strines Reservoir above it

15 path towards Dale Dike reservoir

16 The Dale Dyke Disaster in 1864

17 Dale Dike Reservoir spillway

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19 Dale Dike Reservoir embankment

20 memoirial stone near the West side of Dale Dikes Reservoir Embankment

21 on the Yorkshire Water Permissive Footpath on the West edge of Dale Dike Reservoir

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29 Footbridge across stream entering Dale Dike Reservoir
30 seen on way up to the South side of Strines Reservoir
31 Strines Reservoir Embankment
32 looking back down Dale Dike Reservoir
33 path descending the very muddy path between Strines and dale Dike Reservoirs
34 looking across Strines Reservoir

35 as above - Strine Inn also visible

36 The Tower (commonly known as Boot's folly)

37 entrance into footpath tunnel through rhododendron in Sugwirth Estate

38 Moor Lodge across the road from the gated entrance into Sugworth Hall

39 Bents House seen below Sugworth Road

40 a glance back at The Tower from the path through Lodge Moor

41 looking back toward Win Hill Pike (to left) & Lose Hill to right.

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44 Crawshaw Head

45 Crawshaw Head seen from the Footpath through Crawshaw Wood (mainly moorland)

46 Crawshaw Farm seen to the North of Crawshaw Wood

47 Crawshaw Farm closer up

48 turning into Royds Clough Plantation

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50 area cleared around part of Royds Clough - possibly for future replanting with indigenous trees?

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52 Royds Clough seen somewhere before it crosses under Corker Lane

53 Royds Clough seen after crossing under Lane

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55 a glimpse at Dale Dike Reservoir from Corker Lane

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57 a Farmstead below Corker Road

58 Ughill Brook hidden by trees

59 the turnoff down from Corker Lane toward Ughill Brook and Ricketts Bank
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61 tree planting - see notice below
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63 restoration of Ancient Woodlands
64 looking toward the Damflask reservoir embankment
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66 following the southern edge of Damflask reservoir towards Low Bradfield
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68 streams from Dale Dike and Agden Reservoirs join upstream and flow into Damflask Reservoir

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