Hartsop Dodd Horseshoe 25the Feb 2018

This walk was planned 24 hours in advance ... weather forecast was for cold and sunny, which was good enough

for me to open up my 2018 Wainwright account. On the off chance he would be interested I called Richard and although he hasn't done much walking recently he was up for it. We parked at Cow Bridge which is just of the route shown.  Despite it only being 7.5 miles it took us 6 hours !! The initial climb up the nose of Hartsop Dodd was steep as expected. When we hit the first snow slope Richard was struggling with his old boots which din't have much tread.

Top man despite the old boots

He put his micro spikes on after that !

There was then a steady climb up to Caudale Moor with lots of hard icy snow around the wall.

From there the drop down and up Theshwaite mouth was difficult and scary at times due to the steepness and the ice /snow. I must admit I was scared for a while until we got to the bottom. The climb up to Thornthwaite Crag was hard but straightforward.

We had a food break on the magnificent top of Thornthwaite Crag.From there we  carried onto Gray Crag which turned out to be a joy of easy high level walking with magnificent clear views of the High Street range and Hartsop Dodd to the left. Definitely earned after the traverse of Threshwaite Mouth.

Unfortunately, I brought my camera minus the SD card , so not at many pics as I would have liked. I used the internal memory and borrowed Richard's SD card for some shots.

264 Wainwrights done now. 50 to go. A memorable day in the glorious Lake District.

7.5 (hard) miles. OS OL 5

Crich 22nd Feb 2018

A lovely half day walk with not much driving involved. Same route I have done many times before

Whatstandwell --> Cromford Canal--> Crich Chase--> Crich--> Crich Stand--> Whatstandwell

About 8 miles.

Birchen Edge 16th February 2018

Lovely walk. Same route I took last year.

Chatsworth - Baslow - Baslow Edge - Birchin Edge - Gibbet Moor - Chatsworth

Also good training for the Yorkshire 3 peaks in May ....but only half the distance !!

Birchin Edge from Baslow Edge on max zoom

About 12 Miles OS OL24 White Peak

Winter Wanderings 2018

Due to work and family reasons and some crap weather I haven't done a 'proper' walk for about 6 weeks....just local stuff.

Pics below from a snowy walk into Shipley Park, and a walk around the grounds of Kedleston Hall.