Errwood
Reservoir
The day was bright but cold.
The snow had almost gone from the immediate fields. Where to go
for a Sunday morning walk? Having decided on Errwood, we found,
as we drove up there, increasing amounts of snow still lying in
drifts by the roadside. We shouldn't have been surprised - but
we were.
Look here
for an earlier, summer, visit!
The bright sunshine was
made all the brighter by reflection from the patches of snow as
we stopped by this memorial stone set by the wall ...
... opposite Jenkin Chapel.
From the churchyard the
view of the rocks at Oldgate Nick and Cats Tor.
Above Jenkin Chapel, looking
across to Shining Tor past Howlersknowl Farm, the snow seemed
more abundant.
Over the ridge, however,
and down in the Goyt Valley we were closer to the snowline.
From the dam wall, looking
down the length of Fernilee Reservoir, there was no snow to be
seen at the lower levels.
I'm not sure that I see
it as a nice day for a sail!
But it sure is a nice day
for a walk.
Unlike this poor unfortunate,
we are staying dry, and in the sun - quite warm.
Wildmoorstone Brook flowing
into the well-filled reservoir ...
... and from the ridge looking
back up its valley towards its sources.
Nearly above the head of
the reservoir ...
... we can look across the
valley to Foxlow Edge.
Nearly down to the packhorse-bridge
at Goytsclough. Nic's rosy cheeks are matched only by my own.
Back over the river, we
pleasantly make our return to the car park along the riverside
walk ...
... through the mature trees
that, thankfully, have been retained by North West Water from
the Errwood Estate.
Looking across to the mouth
of Wildmoorstone Brook.
On our way back home, the
full car park at Pym Chair with Windgather Rocks beyond.
And in the other direction
the enticing prospect of the ridge to Cats Tor.
In between, the far horizon,
ten miles away, of Kinder Scout with the Downfall located in the
centre.
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