Higger Tor and Stanage Edge

DATE 01.01.2020 | DISTANCE approx 20KM | HIGHEST POINT 457M

Posted by Matt | Filed under PEAK DISTRICT

 

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I've been looking at visiting higger tor for a long time. I've been around it so many times so today would be the day for make ourselves familiar. We started and ended at the longshaw estate and along the way visited stanage edge, robins hood's cave, hathersgae and padley gorge. it was a pretty gloomy day but that just adds to the drama of the mysterious peak district.

 

little john's well on the longshaw estate

looking out across to the sheffield plantation

out from the longshaw estate and heading towards burbage bridge

taking the gate at burbage bridge and following the track to carl walk ahead

higger tor from carl walk

higger tor

looking back to carl walk from higger tor

up on higger tor

heading north from higger tor

millstones near cowper stone

trig point at cowper stone

walking towards stanage edge. what's that in the air?

paragliders at stanage edge

robin hood's cave. i've missed it in the past but it's easy enough to find it if you want to.

looking back to my way in. fortunately those large rocks are there to keep my feet dry. it took some interesting maneuvers to get through without wet socks.

back up on stanage edge

descending from stanage edge down to the farms at outseats

ok so much much further on after traversing farmland and passing through hathersage we follow the river derwent

I have no idea what this structure is in padley wood. It looks like the start of a tunnel but it is approximately 9ft x 9ft.

following padley gorge from above

padley gorge

after leaving padley gorge we were back at the longshaw estate with sore feet but with pleased with the interesting walk