To The Carriage House

Distance: 13 miles
Ascent:
Weather: sun and clouds,  chill wind
Weasels: 2
Inappropriate behaviour: incredibly

This morning I drove back from my sister's,  and then packed and we had lunch,  setting out on our planned walk at about 1:30pm. We walked up the road to Grains Bar and then over the lane into Delph. The last few times we've gone up to Lark Hill Lane via the road at the end,  so this time we decided to head up the steep rocky track, which is much shorter but more effort. Up on the lane there was a parked car with a couple doing the do, at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon,  on what is most decidedly not a secluded spot. There were at least two mountain bikers and a dog walker up there at the same time as us, so it's an odd place to pick.

We went up the Pennine Bridleway to join the Pennine Way and then along to Black Moss Reservoir,  around Wessenden and Butterley Reservoirs and back along the road to The Carriage House - with dramatic clouds.