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2021.05.05 Chinley Station SK038.826, ~E to join Buxton Rd for a short distance then turning ~N under Railway Viaduct at SK044.827, NE on Alders Lane & then pass Alders Farm, continue up to Hayfield Rd A624 crossing at SK051834, continue NNE (passing to West of Andrews Farm to join Pennine BW at SK056.847, Follow P.BW ~E on path between Mount Famine & South Head. (Some of party went up South Head), P.BW turns SW after South Head (with a circuit around Roych Clough) and continues to Sheffield Rd at SK092.825. Leave P.BW here and follow Byway ~ENE to SK099.820 (Byway turns ~N to Chapelgate here but do not take), continue on BW ~ENE on Rushup Edge to cross road going ~N  to Edale at SK125.834, climb on paved path ~NE to Mam Tor Trig Beacon at SK128.836. follow path near ridge ~NNE to Hollins Cross SK136.845, ~W down & across to Greenlands SK125.845, then N then W to join Harden Clough & ~N down & past HC. Farm continuing to Edale Rd. Short distance NE then turn off  ~N towards Edale Village & Railway Stn. Leader David Hogg - Wednesday - 14 on walk

1 Taken at Edale Station where some joined the train coming from Sheffield to Chinley - the stop after Edale
2 seen on leaving Chinley
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5 taken just after passing Alders Farm
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14 Andrews Farm

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17 near the bottom of Mount Famine & on the edge of the Pennine Bridle Way

18 looking back at Mount Famine

19 on the Pennine Bridle Way

20 some of party diverted up South Head

21 Mount Famine view seen while climbing up South Heasd

22 the party on the Pennine Bridle Way seen from higher up South Head

23 view seen from higher up South Head

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25 atop South Head - photographed into the sun

26 descending down South Head

27 un-seasonal snow seen higher up toward Kinder. Apparently a problem with global cooling in Britain rather than heating?

28 how many years has this track been used & eroded to the rock bed?

29 teabreak

30 dry-stone wall collapse continues

31 South Head behind us at top

32 pond rapidly filled by recent rains?

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35 Chapel en-le-firth?

36 seldom seen aeroplanes during the Covid period

37 seen ahead the egress from Roych Clough
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40 a farmhouse ruin - some distance from Pennine Bridleway
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42 bridges being used after the recent rains after the April drought
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48 sheep's bell - not my mobile phone ringing

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50  After reaching Sheffield Road, we joined part of the Byway (open to all traffic). The Byway soon turns off to Chapelgate (a shorter route to Edale taken by a few of our party)

51 lunch break

52 now on the Bridleway on Rushup Edge - Mam Nik with road to Edale is just below Mam Tor

53 Winnats Head Farm with Winnats Pass?

54 Grindslow Knoll to left, Kinder Scout behind at top - Grindsbrook Clough runs diagonally across picture. Vale of Edale at bottom.

55 a closer view of Winnats Pass

56 down Rushup bridleway heading to Mam Nik

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58 sheep competing in sprinting trials (for Olympics?)

59 looking down road through Mam Nik towards Vale of Edale & Kinder behind it

60 Hope cement Plant with Castleton closer to us to right

61 South end of the Vale of Edale

62 Edale village at right bottom corner

63 walking down towards Hollins Cross

64 the ridge stretching from Mam Tor (behind us) to Lose Hill at end

65 An old road (Sheffield Road) ran from the south through Castleton before being abandoned due to uncontrollable land slides

66 Winnats Pass at the low Castleton end

67 descending from Hollins Cross toward Harden Clough

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71 at Greenlands

72 on Harden Clough (rd)

73 Hardenclough Farm

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