Category: Hill and Moorland Leader
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Dark Peak Walks #4: Crowden to Black Hill via Chew Reservoir (22km)
Every so often, there’s a day comes along that’s one to remember. This was one of them. An absolute belter. Video on my channel here Reasons? Well, firstly, the plan was ambitious but succeeded, showing me that I had learned from the previous walk. The Peak District is pretty merciless to those who choose not…
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Quality Hill Day #1: Wessenden Moor – Peak District
Well, it could have gone better, let’s put it that way! But how else do you get a Quality Day for your logbook? Basically, I was massively over-ambitious with me route plan (20km over rough ground) and forgot to check out the road section on Google Maps to make sure there was actually a way…
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Crowden to Chew Reservoir circular: 16km (5hrs)
Yesterday, 13th April, I set out on another classic walk that was new to me. Driving back to Crowden, this time in a pretty much empty parking lot, I set off in much more overcast conditions with rain on the way. Just a few days earlier I had been soaking in the sun on my…
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Hill and Moorland Leader #1
I’m not only at the start of a big project creating a video guidebook, but also beginning to cover the detailed outline of the Hill and Moorland scheme. This is a short blog post about a hill day I’ve just returned from, and a short video I made about my adventure. It’s the first video…
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