Kinder Scout 19th June 2015

First proper trip of the year to Kinder Scout. The February visit didn’t really count as I didn’t get to the top.

My route up was the standard Nab- Ringing Roger, as usual soaking up the fantastic views on the way up. I had decided the evening before to have a little excursion onto the Eastern section  of the plateau. I had put the grid reference of a WW2 plane wreck and Mad Woman’s stones into my Garmin. I set off across the plateau supposedly heading for the wreck of a Wellington bomber. When I reached the target reference there was nothing there – just lots of boggy peat, with the trig point on Edale Moor not far away. I headed for the trig point for some photos and a drink of water. My Garmin was complaining that the batteries were running down , so I decided that I should just head back to the edge where navigation is simple. I tried retracing my steps but as per other excursions onto the plateau it is very easy to become disoriented as it is almost impossible to head in a straight line. One of my legs dissapered into the soggy peat up to my knee on this section. Fairly soon Madwoman’s Stone’s came into view , so I decided I would visit them and this would then give me a clear bearing to get back to the edge path.

Trig Point on Edale Moor

Lots of squidgy peat bog

Madwomans Stones

I have to say , on reflection that ‘bog trotting’ across this sort of terrain is not my favourite type of walking !!

From Madwoman’s Stones I picked up a faint path which took me to the edge path east of Ringing Roger.

Druids Stone

This next section of the walk was my favorite – a high level tramp along the edge with a good path and brilliant views.

The great ridge from the edge of Kinder

Eventually I reached the top of Grindsbrook Clough which marked my descent down. I haven’t gone down this way for years. The first few hundred feet are a scramble, but as long as you take your time easy enough. After that section the path is fairly well defined as it winds its way down the valley with Grindsbrook to the right.

On the way down

Soon I was back at the car park. Another great day out on Kinder Scout.

OS OL1 Dark Peak. About 8 miles