Just a short walk today. Wasn’t planning on one but the weather was so good I had to get out.
Some walks you have to work hard before you are rewarded with great views. This one has great views from the start and all the way through without much effort.
From Hathersage I drove up the Ringinlow Road and parked at a layby just below Higger Tor. Cross the road and a short climb to the top of Higger Tor. Great views across to Stannage Edge , Burbage brook and Burbage Rocks. A gentle scramble from the top down to the well marked path that leads to Carl Wark Fort. I didn’t know before that this is the remains of an Iron Age fort. As I reached the top I thought ‘that is a massive dry stone wall’.....no it was the remains of the fort. Again great views back to the Higger Tor and Burbage Valley. From there I dropped down to the path that leads to the A6187 near Toads Mouth. Just after I crossed Burbage brook I took a left before I got to the road to get on the Sheffield Counrty Walk which is an excellent wide path leading along the other side of Burbage valley and under Burbage rocks and then climbing gently to Upper Burbage Bridge.
From there it was a walk along Fiddlers elbow and another climb to the top of Higger Tor before dropping back down to the layby.
I am definitely going to do this again and make it a longer outing taking in the round walk down into Hathersage and along Stannage Edge.
OS OL1 dark Peak area About 4 miles.
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