Kinder Scout via Crowden Clough

This walk was done on 16 May 2011
Distance: 10 miles
Time 3.52
Weather: Typical May weather, wet.

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Yaaa it works, If you click on the link you can see more details. I walked it in a clockwise direction.

So down to the boring bit, Started at Edale £3 to park for 4 hours seems like the going rate. I headed out under the rail track onto the the Pennine way until I got to the road just past upper Booth  where I decided to leave the way and head up the Crowden Clough, This starts as a nice gentle stream valley which then turns into a steeper more energetic stream which begins to cut through the rock bed and eventually turns into a scramble and a very steep climb out of the clough adjacent to Crowden tower.

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It then gets real steep and I did not know if it was totally safe what with it been wet and on my own so I took the path on the left of the valley out. When I looked down off the top I think I made the right choice.

Once onto the Kinder tops the weather closed down, I headed over to Pym's Chair,Passing Crowden Toower
then I tried to find the high point but as the weather was bleak and the visabitily not to clever I used the GPS on my Phone. Once I thought I got there I checked on my map and the two did not relate.
I put my faith in OS before a smartphone. Once I got back I looked into this and there is an altitude error accidental built into GPS, I will cover this at a later date when I'm feeling more geeky. However I had wondered around enough and needed something to eat, as there was no one about I had to snap at myself. I headed back over to the top of the Fords crossing the peak bog.

 The Fords were well named with an interesting head rock formation.

Then carried on west a little until I found an outcrop to shealter behind to eat.
Been all refreshed I decdied to add Grindlow Knoll in and headed up the very boggy path. The weather had closed in again so no pictures, however out of the gloom ran a very fit(in both senses of the word) girl felling running.
It was very quite day and I only saw her and a group of three a bit later on. Once on the knoll I turned North and headed for the top of Grindsbrook cluogh to head back down off the moorThis was a very steep scramble down near to the fox holes, once I got down the top half it started to warm up again and turned into a pleasent walk back into Edale.
This route brings you back into the village passing the  Old Nags Head Inn which would have been rude to pass without going in for a pint. 


It was a good fun walk, hard work in places and covered the highest point in the Peak district.
I would like to come back here soon but include Jacob's Ladder and Kinder Downfall while it's still wet, looking out of the window today I am not rushed.