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Higger Tor - Peak District Walk
Tuesday 1st February 2011
I had originally planned on doing this walk yesterday but when the fog showed no sign of clearing I didn't bother heading out. Today saw another grey start to the day but by setting off later than usual I was rewarded with blue sky and even a bit of sunshine. A short route that I took at a steady pace as I start to try to regain a decent level of fitness after six months more or less away from the hills and any other form of exercise.
Start: Upper Burbage Bridge (SK 2603 8298)
Route: Upper Burbage Bridge - Burbage Rocks - Carl Wark - Higger Tor - Fiddler's Elbow - Upper Burbage Bridge
Distance: 3.25 miles Ascent: 205 metres Time Taken: 2 hours 35 mins
Terrain: Good paths with a short scramble onto Higger Tor.
Weather: Grey sky turning blue with a steady breeze.
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
![Burbage Rocks Burbage Rocks](2011-02-01/burbage%20rocks.jpg)
A bit of blue sky and sunshine as I start out along Burbage Rocks.
![Burbage Rocks Burbage Rocks](2011-02-01/burbage%20rocks1.jpg)
A few minutes later it was gone and it seemed as if it was going to be a grey day after all.
![Burbage Valley Burbage Valley](2011-02-01/burbage%20valley.jpg)
Dropping off Burbage Rocks I spot this shaft of sunshine crossing the valley floor.
![Burbage Rocks Burbage Rocks](2011-02-01/burbage%20valley1.jpg)
A few minutes later it is all change again and the valley is golden.
![Burbage Rocks Burbage Rocks](2011-02-01/burbage%20rocks2.jpg)
Looking back to Burbage Rocks from the valley floor.
![Fiddler's Elbow Fiddler's Elbow](2011-02-01/fiddlers%20elbow.jpg)
Fiddler's Elbow just after crossing Burbage Brook.
![Higger Tor Higger Tor](2011-02-01/higger%20tor.jpg)
Higger Tor, my eventual destination but first I diverted left.
![Carl Wark Carl Wark](2011-02-01/carl%20walk.jpg)
Looking along the front of Carl Wark, towards Burbage Rocks.
![Higger Tor Higger Tor](2011-02-01/higger%20tor1.jpg)
Higger Tor from Carl Wark.
![Carl Wark Carl Wark](2011-02-01/carl%20wark.jpg)
The other side of the wall, from the inside of Carl Wark. Peeping over the top is a faint Lose Hill.
![Carl Wark Carl Wark](2011-02-01/carl%20wark1.jpg)
Carl Wark from a stop on the short climb to Higger Tor. I couldn't believe how much this short climb tired me out. I was amazed at just how how unfit I had got in six months, I only hope that getting fit again doesn't take as long.
![Higger Tor Higger Tor](2011-02-01/higger%20tor2.jpg)
Looking along Higger Tor.
![Callow Bank Callow Bank](2011-02-01/callow%20bank.jpg)
Callow Bank from the edge of Higger Tor.
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