Today I was walking with a friend I'd not seen for the best part of 15 years - so today had the potential to be an awkward, stuttering sort of day, but it actually felt like we'd never fallen out of touch at all. Mark and I both discovered the joys if walking since we'd last met - so a walk was the perfect way to meet up and chat about old times and what had changed, other than the state of our waistlines. Mark is also in training for the Inca Trail - jammy sod - so a good walk was required to keep the fitness levels up. He chose this one - a long linear using two cars - from Ladybower along the quieter of the two edges of the Kinder plateau and over Mill Hill to the Grouse Inn at the other end. The map isn't very clear - the zoom level required to get it to fit into the space below is too high :)
Date: 2010-07-31
Start: Ladybower Res Finish: Grouse Inn, Chunal
Distance: 14.0 mls, 22.53 km
Height Gain: 3100 ft, 944.9 m
Start Time: 09:07 End Time: 15:47
Duration: 06:40
Ave Speed: 2.1 mph
Region: Peak District
Route Description: Ladybower, Win Hill, Crookstone Hill, Blackden Edge, Seal Edge, Fairbrook Naze, The Edge, Mill Hill, Burnt Hill, Grouse Inn
Parking Grid Ref: SK 20135 85225
View Parking space in: OS Map or Google Street View
Walking with: Mark Craven
Long Distance Path:
TP6995 - Winhill Pike (Good condition)
Walk Name: Malvern Hills
Date: 2010-07-24
Distance: 9.0 mls, 14.48 km
Height Gain: 2600 ft, 792.5 m
Walk Name: Grizedales
Date: 2010-08-07
Distance: 11.5 mls, 18.51 km
Height Gain: 2200 ft, 670.6 m