I still have quite a bit more to place up on the thread with regards to Wrynose, Hardknott and Wastwater.
I'll get back to them though.
There will obviously be bits and pieces from other trips to place on here, they can be held over for a really bad weather day, when we are not able to make a day out.
It was almost like that this morning.
Early start for me, I was up about 6.45 am and after the shower etc about 7.40 am had to drive to Chorley, then Blackburn and back home for about 9am. The weather was horrendous.
It was bouncing off the patio, and the weather reports/forecast for the day, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Cheshire were abysmal. The Peak District looked most inviting, but that was going to suffer until the afternoon, it then stood a chance of clearing up somewhat.
It was a lousy day weather wise though.
The roads, motorways especially were ridiculous. Traffic ground to a virtual halt on the M61. I detoured via the M62 towards Denshaw and it probably might have been a good idea to spend some time around the villages of Saddleworth and then move about.
Hindsight!
I thought it would be a simple task to make a heading for Castleton in the Dales, it wasn't.
We got there eventually, but it was a stormy, heavy rainy day right up to reaching Castleton. We were delayed, there were a few bumps along the way. Nothing serious so far as we could see, but never the less. Messy.
Stop the waffling Mathos and get some photographs up.
Yep.. OK.
I thought maybe an asteroid might have done this a few million years ago or whatever.
Well something made it look like that.
Perhaps it's simply a case of a piece of the land having been worked as a quarry for the stone.
I reckon Happyman will be able to let me/us know what happened here.
This drew my attention as well.
It certainly didn't look natural.
We stopped the car up here at Mam Tor, it was blowing a very, strong gale force wind and that is no exaggeration.
I think it was quite a shock to us, just how strong the wind was, the rain wasn't so bad at the time we stopped, but the drop in temperature was surprising, it was very cold indeed.
Some very interesting links here:-
National Trust | High Peak Estate | Mam Tor Mam Tor stands guard at the Western end of the Hope Valley, its dramatic
... The footpath along the ridge from
Mam Tor to Losehill is one of the most
... www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w.../w.../w-east_midlands-places-peakdistrict-map-mamtor.htm - 41k - Cached -
Similar pages Hope Valley | Peak District Towns and Villages | Staffordshire ... Mam Tor, the 'Shivering Mountain' heads the valley. ... To the north of the valley a walk from Mam Tor to Losehill along the ridge dividing the Hope and ... Hope Valley | Peak District Towns and Villages | Staffordshire | Derbyshire | England | UK - 33k - Cached - Similar pages More results from www.cressbrook.co.uk »
Very interesting.
This was nice too.
A Vauxhall, about a 1924 model I think.