I parked at Castleton visitors centre car park and met Richard there. From there we walked to the end of the village and turned right on the footpath than runs along the side of Peashole water. To our right we could see the summit of Win Hill which looked quite a long way away. The path crosses the railway line and there is a short stretch on the road just south of Hope before picking up a footpath towards the village of Brough. The big disappointment there was the site of the Navio Roman fort....there is nothing there apart from some raised earhworks.
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| River Noe |
Footbridge over the River Noe and then a short footpath to the left brought us to the A6187. A short stretch on the road and then a footpath to the right took us to a footbridge over the track at Hope Station. The path then led us northwards to Aston and then up to a crossroads of paths just above Twitchhill farm. The path up to Win Hill is right from here and after a short sharp climb we had reached the summit. Win Hill is only 462 M high but it is a well defined rock summit with spectacular views all around. Ladybower resevoir , Bleaklow, Bamford Edge , The Great ridge , Kinder Scout. We just dropped of te top for some shelter from the wind to have some lunch and soak up the views.
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| Win Hill Summit on the horizon |
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| Lose Hill and the ridge to Mam Tor from the top of Win Hill |
After another couple of hundred yards there is a right turn signposted for Lose Hill. We took that and soon the the path started climbing. This was quite a slog (harder than Win Hill), but soon we had reached our second summit of the day.
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| Ladybower from the top of Win Hill |
After soaking up the views we headed along the ridge and just after back tor and before Hollins Cross we took a left turn off the ridge and followed the path back down into Castelton for a well deserved cup of tea.
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| view from the top of Win Hill |
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