Walk Report: Kinder Downfall
| Date: | 16th Mar 2009 | ||
| Stats: | 9.0 miles, 2000 feet | ||
| Weather: | Sunny to start, clouding later, no rain, no wind | ||
| Trig Points: | 2: TP6378 – The Edge, TP4216 – Kinder Low | ||
| Wainwrights: | N/A | ||
| Other Info: | Parking at Bowden Bridge, with toilets. Room on road if you arrive early | ||
| Summary: | Bowden Bridge, Kinder Reservoir, William Clough, The Edge, Kinder Downfall, Kinder Low, Edale Cross, Bowden Bridge | ||
Key to symbols:
= Trig Point
A short leg stretcher, just to be out on a day when I had other things to do. met almost no-one all day. Lovely
An early start and the car park is empty – parking spaces on the road meant I avoided the £3.50 toll for the car park
Booth Sheepwash
No Public Access – trespassers will be shot – survivors will be shot again!
The walled path leads onto the fellside….
And the beautifully still reservoir
Trees and cloud reflected in the still waters of Kinder Reservoir
The path up William Clough – part of the original trespass route
Looking back down William Clough
On the Pennine Way, with Mill Hill behind
Looking ack to the reservoir from the Edge
Rock formations litter this route – some are spectacular
The trig point on The Edge – rising from a sea of peat
The River Kinder, flows down from the Downfall to the reservoir below
Kinder Downfall
The trig point at Kinder Low, surrounded by gritstone outcrops
Path repairs on the Pennine Way route, heading down to Jacobs Ladder
A new path – oo, a path, a path
Edale Cross, medieval in origin
The winding road, back through Coldwell Clough
Distant fires on the heather clad fells – grouse management in action
Return to Hayfield
