After a couple of weeks of little but grey skies and rain, it was great to get a nice day with a sky comprised of fluffy clouds with patches of blue sky bathing us in warm sun. But you know me, I don't particularly like warm days so it would not have been my first choice but much better than throwing it down!
We picked Malcolm up on our way through Sheffield to drop Donna off at work, and then myself and Malc headed out towards Fox House where we would park up and wait for Darrell and Tony to arrive. Thankfully as we were there a little earlier than planned, the other two also arrived a little early so by 8:20am we were able to set off on our walk.
I had planned a route which was a tad under 11 miles, relatively flat but with the ups and down it would add up to over 1,300ft of ascent all in; so not a bad run out for the four of us. The first part of the walk took us along the bottom edge of Burbage Moor along an easy underfoot limestone path, commonly used by mountain bikers and the odd off-road motorbike. We then turned north up past Lady Canning's Plantation before crossing the country lane and then across the moors towards Redmire Reservoirs.
As we headed around the edge of the reservoirs it was quite interesting to see the drained middle one and the partly drained western reservoir where maintenance was underway to improve safety in the area. Although the reservoirs aren't the biggest, the empty middle one did look impressive drained bare.
After exiting the last gate at the end of the reservoir path we picked up the uphill path which took us past Stanage Pole before the section taking us down to the stunning Stanage Edge with it's amazing views over the hills and fields. The rocks would be our lunch point, and you would be hard pushed to find somewhere more beautiful to sit and have a packed lunch.
We still had around 3.5 miles left to walk, but the paths were very well known as we'd traversed them a good number of times before. So nothing too challenging, but certainly not a flat path above the edge as there are many rocks that cause the path to undulate. Not that you take that much notice when the banter is flowing, however that does make it easy to have the odd stumble or two.
The path down under Burbage Rocks is a very easy path to walk along, a busy one though, and often as today you have to share the path with the cattle. Some mature cattle and a few calves were there to greet us. As we reached the bottom end of the path where it meets the road,we chose to head up the small incline and work our way through the bracken to get back to the cars and by 1:15pm were were removing the boots from weary legs. A tiring but really enjoyable 5hrs out in the Peaks.
We picked Malcolm up on our way through Sheffield to drop Donna off at work, and then myself and Malc headed out towards Fox House where we would park up and wait for Darrell and Tony to arrive. Thankfully as we were there a little earlier than planned, the other two also arrived a little early so by 8:20am we were able to set off on our walk.
I had planned a route which was a tad under 11 miles, relatively flat but with the ups and down it would add up to over 1,300ft of ascent all in; so not a bad run out for the four of us. The first part of the walk took us along the bottom edge of Burbage Moor along an easy underfoot limestone path, commonly used by mountain bikers and the odd off-road motorbike. We then turned north up past Lady Canning's Plantation before crossing the country lane and then across the moors towards Redmire Reservoirs.
As we headed around the edge of the reservoirs it was quite interesting to see the drained middle one and the partly drained western reservoir where maintenance was underway to improve safety in the area. Although the reservoirs aren't the biggest, the empty middle one did look impressive drained bare.
After exiting the last gate at the end of the reservoir path we picked up the uphill path which took us past Stanage Pole before the section taking us down to the stunning Stanage Edge with it's amazing views over the hills and fields. The rocks would be our lunch point, and you would be hard pushed to find somewhere more beautiful to sit and have a packed lunch.
We still had around 3.5 miles left to walk, but the paths were very well known as we'd traversed them a good number of times before. So nothing too challenging, but certainly not a flat path above the edge as there are many rocks that cause the path to undulate. Not that you take that much notice when the banter is flowing, however that does make it easy to have the odd stumble or two.
The path down under Burbage Rocks is a very easy path to walk along, a busy one though, and often as today you have to share the path with the cattle. Some mature cattle and a few calves were there to greet us. As we reached the bottom end of the path where it meets the road,we chose to head up the small incline and work our way through the bracken to get back to the cars and by 1:15pm were were removing the boots from weary legs. A tiring but really enjoyable 5hrs out in the Peaks.
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