Distance: 20.3m
Ascent: 1100m
Weather: lots, some of it is in our shoes
Ascent: 1100m
Weather: lots, some of it is in our shoes
Fox, heron, great crested grebe, crappy dog owners
Breakfast was at 7:30am and we were set off by 9am. A bit of wiggly road walking took us to a bridleway lane passing a campsite with limited facilities, and up to Mam Tor. It was quite sunny and a bit windy up on the ridge, but not as blowy as yesterday, we followed the ring of hills around Rushup Edge to South Head. We didn't go up South Head because it hailed. Approaching Hayfield, we walked through sheep fields above Coldwell Clough, where a couple definitely didn't have their dog under control, and dog wasn't as well trained as they'd assumed.
A pretty walled path brought us down into Hayfield, where we called in at the visitor centre and then had lunch at a bench in Bluebell Wood, a few weeks premature for the bluebells.
Leaving Hayfield up a steep lane, another pretty path took us under Lantern Pike, with storm clouds gathering behind. A family had just started walking up to the top as we came through the gate, not sure what they did as the hail, thunder and lightning started, but we sat down by a wall, put our waterproofs on and waited it out. It hailed for a while, turning everything white, and after ten minutes it cleared to rain, the thunder moving over Kinder Scout, and we set off again down the Pennine Bridleway over the grassy ridge.
The route followed some lanes for a while, then got confusing, seemingly leading to roads and housing estates for the last few miles. We decided to make our own way a while, up a possibly closed section of the Pennine Bridleway then over footpaths in open access land, over Cown Edge, then through fields around Coombes Edge into Simmondsly, passing a fancy place with massive duck ponds, and through Glossop. The heavens opened, and we were properly wet through as we came to the Bulls Head in Old Glossop, where we've had fine beer and tapas.
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