The sun had brought people out on the Sunday afternoon we walked from the Longshaw Estate to Wooden Pole. Looking back there's a great view of Higger Tor and Carl Wark ...
It was cool but the air was clear with no haze ...
As we walked across Totley Moss, which let's face it, can be rather tedious, I was looking out for frogspawn whilst being unsure whether frogs would lay their eggs up there. They do !
Let's hope it didn't dry up before the tadpoles become frogs.
Moss Road eventually leads down into Totley and part way along it there are wide views of Sheffield.
We left Moss Road at this point and headed across the moor keeping to the east of the trig point.
We were headed towards the sunshine and the rather boggy ground in the middle of the moor.
Lying on the path was a dead sheep. I often wonder what kills sheep in the middle of nowhere. I will have to ask a friend ...
We reached some drier ground and followed the vague path that drops towards the Sheffield road.
After crossing that, avoiding the speeding cars and motorbikes as we did so, we climbed the slope to reach Lady's Cross.
It looks a fairly isolated cross but it isn't really and there's a road in the background as you can see. I wonder whether there were wooden signposts all those years ago or did people just know where they were going and only did short journeys.
We descended the northern end of White Edge and passed White Edge Lodge [now a National Trust holiday 'cottage'].
I'd never been on the bridleway that passes the lodge and descends to the road near the Grouse Inn until this walk. The sun was behind us as we followed the track back towards Longshaw Lodge.
Natasha put her feet up on one of the seats that the National Trust appear to have hewn out of a big tree ...
I had to take a photograph of the memorial plaque of course ...
... and then we were back. Another shortish walk ... five and a half miles this one.
Date of walk ~ 21st March 2010
Length of walk ~ 5 1/4 miles
Total walked so far in 2010 ~ 47 miles
Total walked since 1st September 2009 ~ 177 miles
10 of 2010
As we walked across Totley Moss, which let's face it, can be rather tedious, I was looking out for frogspawn whilst being unsure whether frogs would lay their eggs up there. They do !
Let's hope it didn't dry up before the tadpoles become frogs.
Moss Road eventually leads down into Totley and part way along it there are wide views of Sheffield.
We left Moss Road at this point and headed across the moor keeping to the east of the trig point.
We were headed towards the sunshine and the rather boggy ground in the middle of the moor.
Lying on the path was a dead sheep. I often wonder what kills sheep in the middle of nowhere. I will have to ask a friend ...
We reached some drier ground and followed the vague path that drops towards the Sheffield road.
After crossing that, avoiding the speeding cars and motorbikes as we did so, we climbed the slope to reach Lady's Cross.
It looks a fairly isolated cross but it isn't really and there's a road in the background as you can see. I wonder whether there were wooden signposts all those years ago or did people just know where they were going and only did short journeys.
We descended the northern end of White Edge and passed White Edge Lodge [now a National Trust holiday 'cottage'].
I'd never been on the bridleway that passes the lodge and descends to the road near the Grouse Inn until this walk. The sun was behind us as we followed the track back towards Longshaw Lodge.
Natasha put her feet up on one of the seats that the National Trust appear to have hewn out of a big tree ...
I had to take a photograph of the memorial plaque of course ...
... and then we were back. Another shortish walk ... five and a half miles this one.
Date of walk ~ 21st March 2010
Length of walk ~ 5 1/4 miles
Total walked so far in 2010 ~ 47 miles
Total walked since 1st September 2009 ~ 177 miles
10 of 2010
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