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Bretton Clough - Peak District Walk
Tuesday 28th October 2008
Today I was joined by John as he took a day off from designing websites to join me on a walk. The forecast was for sunshine but it never really appeared staying grey and cold for most of the day. The route was picked to see if I could access the trig point on Abney Moor and to explore Bretton Clough assuming there was access to it from the point I hoped to enter it at. The trig point remained out of reach but there was access to Bretton Clough, I guess one out of two isn't bad.
Start: Sir William Hill Road (SK 2246 7802)
Route: Sir William Hill Road - Eyam Moor - Highlow Wood - Offerton Moor - Smelting Hill - Abney Moor - Bretton Clough - Sir William Hill Road
Distance: 10 miles Ascent: 539 metres Time Taken: 6 hours
Terrain: Some moorland but good tracks throughout.
Weather: Grey and cold.
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
![Froggatt Edge Froggatt Edge](2008-10-28/mist.jpg)
The last of the morning's mist is just visible in the valley below Froggatt Edge.
![Higger & Over Owler Tors Higger & Over Owler Tors](2008-10-28/higger.jpg)
Heading across Eyam Moor, with Over Owler Tor and Higger Tor in sight for most of the way.
![High Low High Low](2008-10-28/high%20low.jpg)
The route takes us along the track and round High Low, the second hill from the right.
![Smelting Hill Smelting Hill](2008-10-28/smelting%20hill.jpg)
Smelting Hill ahead, as we approach Highlow Wood.
![Highlow Brook Highlow Brook](2008-10-28/stream.jpg)
Highlow Brook.
![Highlow Wood Highlow Wood](2008-10-28/wood.jpg)
Autumn colours as we walk through Highlow Wood.
![Eyam Moor Eyam Moor](2008-10-28/eyam%20moor.jpg)
Looking back across Highlow Wood to Eyam Moor.
![Bamford Edge Bamford Edge](2008-10-28/bamford%20edge.jpg)
Bamford Edge seen across Hope Valley with Derwent Edge beyond it.
![Win Hill Win Hill](2008-10-28/win%20hill.jpg)
Win Hill from the climb onto Offerton Moor.
![Hathersage Hathersage](2008-10-28/hathersage.jpg)
Looking across Hathersage, to Stanage Edge and Higger Tor, from Offerton Moor.
![Siney Sitch Siney Sitch](2008-10-28/siney%20%20sitch.jpg)
Siney Sitch, the 'boundary' between Offerton Moor (L) and Smelting Hill (R).
![Sir William Hill Sir William Hill](2008-10-28/william%20hill.jpg)
The view of Sir William Hill and Eyam Moor from our lunch spot on Smelting Hill.
![Abney Moor Abney Moor](2008-10-28/abney%20moor.jpg)
Looking to Abney Moor from the path on Abney Moor. If you look at the map you can see that Abney Moor is split into two separate sections.
![Abney Moor Abney Moor](2008-10-28/track%20to%20abney.jpg)
The track joining Abney Moor to Abney Moor.
![Abney Moor Abney Moor](2008-10-28/track%20from%20abney.jpg)
Looking back to the first Abney Moor with Stanage Edge behind it.
![Bretton Clough Bretton Clough](2008-10-28/bretton%20clough.jpg)
Entering Bretton Clough by the new gate. I'm not sure if this section is actually Bretton Clough but with it being un-named on the map that's what I'm calling it until I'm told anything different.
![Bretton Clough Bretton Clough](2008-10-28/bretton%20clough1.jpg)
Walking through Bretton Clough is a little different as you can see. I think, looking at the sides of the clough, that the unusual landscape is due to a landslip
![Sir William Hill Road Sir William Hill Road](2008-10-28/track.jpg)
The final part of the route is a walk along Sir William Hill Road to the car, which is parked by the tree at the far end of the road.
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