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18th September 2012 - Pots and Pans

Walk Details

Distance walked: 4.4 miles

Total ascent: 967 ft

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

Time taken: 3 hrs

Route description: Pobgreen-Oldham Way-Running Hill Head-Broadstone Clough-Broadstone Hill-Slades Rocks-Shaw Rocks-Upper Wood Edge-Alderman's Hill-Kinder Stones-Primrose Hill-Pobgreen

A relatively short afternoon walk on the moors above Saddleworth.

I parked outside St Chad's church in Pobgreen and took the overgrown track immediately opposite. I soon left this to follow the Oldham Way across a few fields to a lane. I then turned right and followed the lane uphill to a track that continues uphill to access land. More walking uphill brought me to the trig point on Broadstone Hill. I then walked south along the crest of the moors visiting the various gritstone outcrops on the way until I reached the war memorial. I then made my way down across the moors to Pobgreen.

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I started this walk from Saddleworth parish church, the tower of which can be seen on the left. I'm following the course of the Oldham Way across a few fields.
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The track as it heads uphill towards access land and Broadstone Hill
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and turning round the village of Diggle below
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Views from the trig point on Broadstone Hill. Looking west at the approaching showers.
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The view north to White Hill,  Millstone Edge and the hills of the Pennine watershed
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and looking southwest, the villages of Saddleworth are in the valley below
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and finally the view to the northeast. Now to walk along the crest of the hill.
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Heading south along the crest of the hill
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The view down into Saddleworth from Slades Rocks
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and again but from Shaw Rocks
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Passing Sugar Loaf as I cross to the other side of the hill
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On Upper Wood Edge looking across to Greenfield Reservoir, Yeoman Hey Reservoir and Ashway Rocks
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Dean Rocks and Great Dove Stone Rocks
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Alderman's Hill, my next port of call ahead
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On the edge of Alderman's Hill. Yeoman Hey Reservoir below.
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Dove Stone Reservoir. The valley of Chew Brook heads up into the moors on the left.
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I've made my way across the hill to Kinder Stones, just above the war memorial. The village of Greenfield is below. There's a heavy shower about to reach me so I'll sit it out in the lee of the memorial.
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The shower has cleared. The view to the west from Kinder Stones. That's the outline of Winter Hill in the far distance on the left.
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Big shower cloud to the northwest
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Diggle and the moorland of Millstone Edge
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The Pots & Pans Stone
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The war memorial for Saddleworth
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Heading back down to Pobgreen
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Almost back at the Saddleworth parish church of St Chad

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