October 2nd -- Holmfirth, Yorkshire
A beautiful autumn day. All four walks linear into Holmfirth because of a triathlon start and finish in Holmfirth coach park
The A walk started by the Dovestone reservoir and took the road leading up to Chew reservoir; then across the moor to join the Pennine Way by Laddow Rocks, and on to Black Hill. From Black Hill descended via the fine Green Lane called Issues Road, past the foot of Brown Hill reservoir and along the Holme valley to Holmfirth.
			Past the Dovestone reservoir
The Black Hill area "has peak bogs which are..			..a match for those on either of its larger neighbours to the South.."
as we			found out
the hard way!
				Woof!
			Laddow Rocks
Alan tells Nancy a "joke"
"Float like a butterfly..."
			Top of Black Hill (aka Soldier's Lump because the army force which erected the first trig point here had great difficulty finding solid ground on which to plant it)
Issues Road
			Brown Hill Reservoir
The B- walk dropped off on the A635 by Wessenden Head and started along the Kirklees Way, then after about half a mile took a winding track over the moors to Holme. We then headed into Holme Woods and on past the Yateholme, Ramsden and Riding Wood reservoirs. Then over Crow Hill and down into Holmbridge, and along the River Holme to Holmfirth.
Off we go		Group portrait..
..and a couple of laggards
			Crossing Marsden Clough
			First pub pause in Holme
..the unlikely start of the 2014 Tour de France			Interestingly re-purposed phone box
Holme Moss (with TV mast)
Down into			Holme woods
The select B+ group walks on by			while the B- take lunch on a grassy knoll
			Ramsden reservoir
Reflections in		Riding Wood		reservoir
			Second pub stop in Holmbridge
Along the River Holme				and its Mill
	and weir
And finally...
Thirsty..		Cold..		Sensible!
Photos by Phil Cunningham, Jeremy Haworth, Derek Hesketh and John Hodgson