Three Shires Head, Shutlingsloe 22nd April 2016

A great use of my Friday off. A beautiful walk through the border area of Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire.

The start point is the Cat and Fiddle pub on the A537 just outside of Buxton.

The route follows the well defined path across Danebower Hollow to the A54. From the road the path drops down passed some old dis-used mine workings, and then skirts the side of Cut thorn hill to arrive at the beautiful Three Shires Head waterfalls.

from the Waterfalls the path heads in a North Westerly direction towards Wildboarclough with the distinctive outline of Shutlingsloe (next target) on the horizon. To the south the ridge of the Roaches can be seen. 

Shutlingsloe

This guy adopted me for part of the route

In Wildboarclough there is a short stretch along the road past the church. Such a quiet place - I didn't see any (moving) cars. At the church I made friends with a stray dog who followed me all the way up the hill to the farm(Shutlingsloe farm) at the foot of Shutlingsloe. At this point I had to shoo him away as there were sheep and lambs in the fields I had to cross. 

Although Shutlingsloe is a modest height the climb to the top is quite a slog. From the summit are superb views all around across Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Jodrell Bank telescope can be seen from here. 

The last leg of the route was a drop back down to Wildboarclough and then back along the moors to meet the path back to the Cat and Fiddle. 

A brilliant walk which I will definitely do again.

OS OL24 White Peak . About 8.5 miles