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Over Owler Tor - Peak District Walk
Thursday 3rd September 2015
Making the most of the time inbetween my operations I took the opportunity to enjoy a short walk in a familiar area along some new tracks.
Start: Surprise View car park (SK 2521 8010)
Route: Surprise View car park - Bolehill Quarry - Yanncliff Wood - Burbage Bridge - Carl Wark - Hathersage Moor - Over Owler Tor - Surprise View car park
Distance: 4.25 miles Ascent: 238 metres Time Taken: 3 hours 25 mins
Terrain: Clear tracks, boggy in places, with a couple of steep but short descents.
Weather: Mixture of cloud and sunshine, with a few spots of rain.
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
![Lawrence Field Lawrence Field](2015-09-03/lawrence.jpg)
As I head down the road to the footpath the view extends across Lawrence Field
![Bolehill Quarry Bolehill Quarry](2015-09-03/millstones.jpg)
I first came across these millstones a couple of years ago when I was doing my first photography course.
![Bolehill Quarry Bolehill Quarry](2015-09-03/quarry.jpg)
I had never walked this path before and plan on returning on a misty day for some photographs of these trees.
![](2015-09-03/money.jpg)
I didn't expect to find this money tree.
![Bolehill Quarry Bolehill Quarry](2015-09-03/quarry2.jpg)
On one side of the path there is plenty of evidence of the old quarry.
![Padley Wood Padley Wood](2015-09-03/wood.jpg)
My route took me uphill through the delightful Padley Wood.
![Burbage Brook Burbage Brook](2015-09-03/falls.jpg)
During its route through Padley Wood Burbage Brook has a series of falls, these are the more accessible ones
at the top of the wood.
![Lawrence Field Lawrence Field](2015-09-03/heather.jpg)
After leaving the wood the paths continues through the heather filled moor.
![Higger Tor Higger Tor](2015-09-03/higger.jpg)
The view now includes Higger Tor and Carl Wark.
![Carl Wark Carl Wark](2015-09-03/carl wark.jpg)
Carl Wark from Burbage Bridge. It has been a long time since
I've walked on this path alongside Burbage Brook.
![Higger Tor Higger Tor](2015-09-03/higger1.jpg)
My route wouldn't include Higger Tor today as it was here that I turned left across the moor.
![Carl Wark Carl Wark](2015-09-03/carl wark1.jpg)
Looking back to Carl Wark from the path across Hathersage Moor.
![Stanage Edge Stanage Edge](2015-09-03/stannage.jpg)
Stanage Edge from Hathersage Moor.
![Burbage Rocks Burbage Rocks](2015-09-03/burbage rocks.jpg)
From the path to Over Owler Tor the view extends across Carl Wark to Burbage Rocks.
![Over Owler Tor Over Owler Tor](2015-09-03/owler tor.jpg)
Following the path to Over Owler Tor.
![Kinder Plateau Kinder Plateau](2015-09-03/kinder.jpg)
As I appraoch Over Owler Tor the view opens up across Mitchell Field to include the Great Ridge and Kinder.
![Win Hill Win Hill](2015-09-03/kinder1.jpg)
Looking across the valley to Win Hill from Over Owler Tor.
![Mother Cap Mother Cap](2015-09-03/mother cap.jpg)
Heading back to the car park from Over Owler Tor I pass Mother Cap.
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