Saturday November 8th
Black Hill- David Solo I was on my own today and with relatively limited time for a long walk so I was off to Crowden for The Black Hill Stomp. I arrived just after 10:00 and the car park proper was nearly full! As a matter of habit, I took a picture from around Oaken Clough looking south back to Crowden and, in the distance, Bleaklow and Kinder. The Crowden Valley with Crowden Great Brook No sign of Bleaklow or Kinder I kept going over Laddow Rocks (no need for a break!) and I was very pleased to see that the footbridge at North Grain (SE 06459 03705) had been repaired ( see blog entry for September 22nd ). North Grain bridge repaired I had a quick lunch at Soldier's Lump and then on over Tooleyshaw Moss, White Low and Westend Moss. There had been some evidence of a vehicle of some kind driving over Tooleyshaw Moss and, looking down from Westend Moss I could see a tractor which seemed to have been mowing the moors. Tractor and mown areas As ever, I visited the trig point/pillar on...