Today myself, radder and Cogstar undertook a 14 mile walk that took us over Crook Hill to Alport Castles then back to Win Hill. Whilst at Alport Castles we felt obliged to scramble to the top of the Tower (something that radder and myself have done before but first time for Cogstar). The walk to Win Hill was a nice steady climb although we left the main path and went straight up the 'rocky ridge' to reach the summit. The descent from Win Hill was very steep with Cogstar ending up on his backside at one point (yellow card!
) but we were rewarded with a good pint at the Yorkshire Bridge pub once at the bottom. Took us just under six hours in all.
Near the start, view of Crook Hill behind the reservoir.
Crook Hill farm and the top of Crook Hill.
Looking back at Crook Hill with a moody looking Win Hill behind.
Looking across to the Edale valley.
Looking up the Snake Pass and Kinder's northern edge.
Alport Castles.
radder on top of a rock on the Tower.
The Tower, we scrambled up to the very top.
Heading for Win Hill.
Looking across to the Castleton Ridge.
The gentle ascent up to the summit of Win Hill.
Win Hill's rocky summit.
From Win Hill's summit looking across to the Castleton Ridge with Kinder behind.