Thursday, 11 February 2010

Boxing Day, 2009

I was on my own that day for some reason ...

I walked along an icy and slippery Baulk Lane towards Brookfield Manor, Hathersage Church on the hillside behind me ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

Sheep were scratching around in the snow, looking for the odd tussock of grass ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

After passing Brookfield Manor, I crossed the road with Bronte Cottage to my right and walked up the field to enter The Warren ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

In the Warren there's a newish handmade footbridge ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

 There's more about the bridge here ... http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/index/news/news-display-page.htm?id=17861

Once I'd got past Green's House and walked up the side of the plantation at Dennis Knoll, I turned round as the sun was just starting to catch some of the landscape behind me ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

 I zoomed into the middle distance of the photograph above. The next photo shows Carhead Rocks and Cattis-side Moor ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

After zooming in a little more the next photo shows a closer view of Carhead Rocks on Cattis-side Moor ~ neither of them are names I use but they are shown on the Dark Peak OS Map ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

Perhaps it was the cold or the snow ... whatever it was, there weren't many walkers about. I climbed up Long Causeway towards Stanage Edge. By now the sun was more visible as I looked across the valley towards the mast on Shatton Moor ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

At the top of Long Causeway there was a great view north-west along Stanage Edge.

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

It was so good to see so much snow I went a bit trigger happy ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

One too many photos of Stanage Edge perhaps ... 

I descended through Stanage Plantation and then followed the path through the wood towards North Lees Hall ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

 I stopped for a coffee leaning against the gate at the edge of the plantation, admiring the view towards North Lees Hall [in the trees ahead] ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

A couple of other walkers passed me as I stood there ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

Then I reached North Lees Hall which looks better in winter than at any other time of the year ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

... though from the lower side it didn't look quite such a wintry scene.

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

Continuing down the path from North Lees Hall I passed to the left of Cowclose. After a field or two there's a great view of Hathersage Church ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

 At the edge of the churchyard one of the yew trees was nicely backlit by the sun ...

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

Hathersage ~ Boxing Day, 2009

  Date of walk ~ 26th December 2009

Length of walk ~ 5 3/4 miles

Total since 1st September 2009 ~ 108 1/4 miles

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