With travelling for exercise restrictions lifted and being able to meet up with one person outside your household I drove down to meet Beefy and Squeaky at the Brownhill Centre near Uppermill in Oldham. Our walk started along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. It was quite cold and cloudy to start.
On the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Standedge Tunnel entrance
Enjoying the walk and company
Harrop Edge
Beefy told me we would be walking back that way later in the day.
We left the canal and walked up a bridleway that is actually part of the Pennine Bridleway. It ascended gently up by a house to the A62 and Brun Clough Reservoir.
View from the bridleway
The view of the house and the bridleway
We crossed the A62 and joined the Pennine Way and through a gate up onto Millstone Edge. It was really cold and windy here.
View from Millstone Edge
Castleshaw Reservoirs from Millstone Edge
The trig point on Millstone Edge
View from Millstone Edge
We saw 4 plaques with the Wrigley family names on near here mentioning The Dinner Stone.
The Dinner Stone?
I'm not sure if this is the Dinner Stone or not.
We walked a bit beyond this hoping to find shelter but there was none to be found so we turned tail and retraced our steps by Millstone Edge trig then left toward a wall where we found some respite from the wind for some lunch.
Lunchtime view of what I think is Pule Hill on the left
Lunchtime view
After lunch we walked back down to the gate and turned right until we came to Standedge Foot Road which we followed to the A62. We walked a short distance along it until we came to Harrop Edge Lane and started ascending again.
Wild Poppies
Castleshaw Reservoirs from Harrop Edge Lane
Karls Kut Price Tours Deluxe Accommodation
View to Pots and Pans from Dobcross
The lane eventually lead to the village of Dobcross
Geese in the graveyard
We were then back at the canal and we walked for a while then had another brew and some food before heading back to the car park.
Bluebells on the canal bank
I said au revoir to Beefy and Squeaky and drove back home again. It was grand to see them after 8 weeks of being apart and it was a pretty good walk too.
I realised back at home most of this walk is on the OL1 OS Explorer map so I measured it back at home 10.25 miles and about 300m of ascent. Only a small part of this walk is within the Peak District border so I have put in the Rest of England.