4th June -- Buxton, Derbyshire | |||||
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Some sun and some sharp showers (especially for the As) | |||||
The A and B walks both started out at the Shady Oak | |||||
and headed down into the Goyt valley | |||||
queuing up together | at the first stile | ||||
Down in the valley the routes parted and the As climbed up to Windgather Rocks | |||||
along the ridge to Pym Chair | and on to | ||||
Shining Tor | Cheshire Plain and Shutlingsloe | ||||
One for the caption competition .. | |||||
After parting from the As, the Bs | |||||
headed up the Goyt valley | past Fernilee reservoir where the first drops of rain were felt | ||||
past the weir between the reservoirs | and on to | ||||
Goyt's Clough | and a very well appointed picnic spot: benches for everyone! | ||||
This lot specialy well provided for | Then across the curlews' moors | ||||
Solomon's Temple (or Grinlow Tower) | a Victorian folly (with some late Elizabethan jokers..) | ||||
view from inside | Buxton, not so far now | ||||
The C walk started from the park in the centre of Buxton. over the golf course and up gradually to the moors then descending through a country park back into Buxton. | |||||
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with some steady climbing | |||||
to a sight of the Cat and Fiddle | |||||
And finally... | |||||
Testing | testing | what IS this stuff!? | |||
Photos by Phil Cunningham, John Hodgson and Bob Jackson |