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13th August 2017 - Bamford Edge and Stanage Edge

Walk Details

Distance walked: 14.1 miles

Total ascent: 2335 ft

OS map used: OL1 - The Peak District, Dark Peak area

Time taken: 7.5 hrs

Route description: Dennis Knoll car park-Bole Hill-Bamford Edge-Jarvis Clough-Cutthroat Bridge-Whinstone Lee Tor-Moscar House-Moscar Cross Road-Moscar Lodge-Stanage End-High Neb-Stanage Edge-Long Causeway-Dennis Knoll car park

It's the middle of August and I'm doing a walk in the Peak District, so that must mean that the heather is in bloom. It certainly is this year. I caught it in full bloom today and with a beautiful summer's day for taking it in I had a thoroughly enjoyable day out. The route I decided on today really made the most of it. This is the fourth year in a row that I've walked along Stanage Edge with my first visit in 2013 but I'd only done Bamford Edge just the once in 2014 so another visit was due. I more or less ended up doing the walk that I did in 2014 when I combined both edges but with an added extra of a bit of Derwent Edge to take in the view from Whinstone Lee Tor. Sometimes the number of photos that I take is an indicator of how good a day it was and today I took nearly twice the number that I used in my report. It certainly must have been a good day.

From the car park at Dennis Knoll I walked south down the road to a junction where I turned right and followed the road across the side of Bole Hill to reach the footpath up onto Bamford Moor and then Bamford Edge. I then kept to the path along Bamford Edge, across Bamford Moor, down to and across Jarvis Clough and onto a track to Cutthroat Bridge. I then crossed the A57 and followed the bridleway west towards Derwent Edge, where I had a brief walk north along the edge past Whinstone Lee Tor before turning right and taking the footpath to Moscar. I then turned left onto the path past Moscar House, crossed Mortimer Road to Sugworth Road and took the Moscar Cross Road past Moscar Lodge to the A57. After crossing the A57 I followed the path south up to Stanage End. I then had the walk along the length of Stanage Edge to do, past the trig point at High Neb to the trig point at its far end. From there I retraced my steps to the take the Long Causeway back to the car park.

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I start with walking along the road on the side of Bole Hill to reach the footpath to Bamford Edge
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Win Hill on the other side of the Derwent Valley as I approach Bamford Edge
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Turning round for a view of Stanage Edge
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Great views of Win Hill, Kinder Scout, Bleaklow in the distance and Ladybower Reservoir as I reach Great Tor on Bamford Edge...
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The village of Bamford below
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Another couple of photos of Ladybower Reservoir and the surrounding moors as I make my way north along Bamford Edge..
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Ladybower Reservoir and the Woodlands Valley to Kinder Scout..
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The southern end of the Derwent Moors as the path leaves Bamford Edge and heads for Jarvis Clough
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Bamford Moor on the left and Win Hill on the right as I follow the path to Whinstone Lee Tor. An impromptu visit but worth it for the view today.
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As you can see and it's the perfect day for taking it in
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White Tor and the Wheel Stones on Derwent Edge
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Derwent Edge has been left behind for the path to Moscar
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Stanage Edge and Bamford Moor to my right
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On the path to Moscar House
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The view from my lunch stop as I sit on the wall by the byway of the Moscar Cross Road
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The heathery expanse of Strines Moor
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As I head for Moscar Lodge to cross the A57 I pass the guide stone of Moscar Cross
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Heathery moors as I look east towards Sheffield from Stanage End
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A pool in the gritstone makes a nice foreground for the view to Win Hill and Kinder Scout
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The Derwent Moors to the northwest
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The sun comes back out as I approach..
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..the crags of Crow Chin
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I step back from the edge so that I can take in just how much heather is in bloom at the moment...
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The rest of Stanage Edge appears as I approach the trig point on High Neb
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There were a few climbers tackling the crags here, though it's far busier further south..
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Mam Tor, Win Hill and Kinder Scout from High Neb
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The rest of Stanage Edge is still to come
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Looking across the Derwent Valley and towards Hathersage
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and back north along Stanage Edge from just south of where the Long Causeway crosses the edge
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There are lots of climbers on this part of Stanage Edge
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A fantastic view as I reach the southern end of Stanage Edge. Mam Tor, the Hope Valley, Win Hill, Kinder Scout and Bamford Moor with Bleaklow in the far distance on the right.
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Looking down the Derwent Valley past Over Owler Tor and Millstone Edge
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The trig point at the southern end of Stanage Edge
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Burbage Rocks
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and Higger Tor
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As I head back north along Stanage Edge I can't resist taking another couple of photos..
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On the home straight as I take the Long Causeway back down to the car park
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A last look back to Stanage Edge

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