3rd March Walk Report
10 of us and one dog gathered at the roadside parking at Barber Booth with two members electing to start the
climb up Jacobs Ladder 15 minutes ahead of the main group.
Very overcast conditions prevailed and some were soon donning waterproofs albeit the rain soon eased off.
We stopped for coffee at a convenient wall, which we used to sit on, just beyond the top of the ladder. Unfortunately the views were non existent due to low cloud which persisted for most of the walk.
On arriving at Edale Rocks we re-joined our “early birds” who by then had also taken coffee. Onwards and upwards to Kinder Low, our high point of the day, before descending slightly to pick up the main path to Edale Head? where we stopped for lunch. The next section was spent trying to avoid the soggy peat before we crossed the ford over Crowden Brook and then on to Grindslow Knoll. Here we proceeded on a compass bearing virtually due south. We really didn’t need this as the path we then followed, not shown on my map!, took us in the correct direction crossing a wall very near to a plane-crash site Gordon had taken us to on the first of his “Plane Crash” walks. We took a short diversion to the site where Gordon explained the reason for the crash.
From here we descended very steeply for some considerable distance before joining the Pennine Way to Upper Booth.
A road stroll then retraced our steps back to the cars.
Many thanks to all for your company and participating in a reasonable “mountain day”
