Looking up to Stanage Edge from where I had to park the car at a roadside verge.

The car park at Dennis Knoll is shut, but it is also being enlarged and improved. I was glad I arrived early and could easily get a safe parking spot, even if it did add to the length of my walk.

Stanage Edge as I start along the footpath to the Long Causeway.

As I climb I can look down on the clouds and mist I had to drive through. I'm certainly glad I chose a route along the edges today and not one in the valleys.

Looking back down the Long Causeway and across Bamford Edge.

I thought the mist was starting to disappear, but it seems it can't make its mind up as Cattis-side Moor has disappeared from view.

I reach the point where I leave the Long Causeway and head along Stanage Edge.

One advantage of such an early start is that I have the edge virtually to myself. For the whole duration of the walk I only passed nine people.

Behind me the sun is trying to burn off the mist. It also means there are no real views when I look back.

As High Neb comes into view so do most of the people I will see whilst I walk along the edge.

I have no idea what the purpose of this building is but it always makes me think of a bus shelter.

Across Moscar Moor Win Hill is just about managing to put in an appearance.

Whilst I was taking the shots across the moor to Win Hill the lads in front of me disappeared, although I would see them again later, when they had turned around and ran back passed me.

High Neb's trig comes into view.

The obligatory photo of the trig point and of course I tapped it as I walked by.

Whilst walking up to High Neb my son had sent me a text saying babysitting was no longer required, so now I was debating heading across Bamford Moor to Bamford Edge.

So far I had been pleasantly surprised by how little bog-hopping I had to do, but soon after taking this shot my foot disappeared into a bog and I had to start paying more attention to how solid the ground below me was.

As I approached Stanage End one minute the path would be dry and solid the next bog-hopping or avoidance would be required.

Dropping down to the path back below the rocks and the haze means the views beyond Derwent Edge aren't visible.

Across Jarvis Clough the mist is still hanging in the valley above Ladybower, but Win Hill is starting to be clearer.

Looking across to Derwent Edge as I start back along the path below Stanage Edge.

I'm sure that every time I come this way the path below the rocks gets more obvious.

I was still debating heading across the moor to Bamford Edge. In the end I decided against it, as I want to do a longer walk that takes it in later in the year.

As Dennis Knoll and the millstones come back into view I start to meet people coming in the opposite direction, who are just setting out on their day of adventure.

It still makes me smile every time I see it. It is also a great marker for the start of the path down to the stile.

Heading down to Dennis Knoll I can't but help noticing how many cars are now parked on the road. It certainly makes me appreciate my early start.

The mist has just about cleared now, although the views are still very hazy.

As I stand on the stile I finally get a reasonable shot and view along the length of Stanage Edge.

Looking back I can see someone is sat on the trig, looks like I timed my walk just right today.

 

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