Walking Diary 2017
Click on the date or thumbnail to take you to the walk's photos and details.
Blue - Peak District walks. Purple
- Lake District walks. Green -
walks in other areas
The numbers in red brackets indicate the order in which I have climbed the Birkett's.
Individual fells in purple are Birkett fells, click on them to see fell details and pictures.
(CT) indicates the summit is a County Top, click on the link in gold to see summit details and pictures.
(OF) indicates a Wainwright Outlying Fell, click on the
link in blue to see fell details and pictures.
(TP)
indicates a Trig Point,
click on the link in brown to see the trig
points details and pictures.
231 metres
3 hrs 10mins
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Hartington car park - Beresford Dale - Wolfscote Dale - Biggin Dale - Dale End - Highfield Lane - Hartington car park
6.25 miles
231 metres
3 hrs 10mins
572 metres
4 hrs 50 mins
Tuesday 5th December 2017
Lay-by Haweswater Road - Corpse Road - Brown Howe - Mardale (394) - Selside Pike (395) - High Howes - Mardale (396) - Branstree (397) - Gatescarth Pass - Mardale Head - Lay-by Haweswater Road
5.5 miles
572 metres
4 hrs 50 mins
378 metres
2 hrs 30 mins
Tuesday 7th November 2017
Thackthwaite - Watching Crag - Low Fell - Watching Crag - Thackthwaite
3.5 miles
378 metres
2 hrs 30 mins
197 metres
2 hrs 10 ins
Monday 6th November 2017
Kirkstile Inn - Lanthwaite Wood - Brackenthwaite Hows - Lanthwaite Wood - Crummock Water - Kirkstile Inn
3.5 miles
197 metres
2 hrs 10 ins
363 metres
5 hrs 15 mins
Sunday 5th November 2017
Wet Sleddale Reservoir - Sleddale Hall - Scam Matthew - High Wether Howe (391) - Seat Robert - Glede Howe (392) - Seat Robert (393) - Sleddale Hall - Wet Sleddale Reservoir
7.5 miles
363 metres
5 hrs 15 mins
407 metres
4 hrs 45 mins
Friday 27th October 2017
Errwood Hall car park - Errwood Hall - Foxlow Edge - The Tors - Shining Tor (TP) - Goytsclough Quarry - Goyts Clough - Errwood Hall car park
6.75 miles
407 metres
4 hrs 45 mins
286 metres
3 hrs
Thursday 28th September 2017
Surprise View car park - Bole Hill Quarry - Padley Gorge - Burbage Valley - Carl Wark - Hathersage Moor - Over Owler Tor - Millstone Edge - Surprise View car park
5.25 miles
286 metres
3 hrs
492 metres
4 hrs 55 mins
Saturday 23rd September 2017
Bowden Bridge car park - William Clough - Mill Hill - Burnt Hill - The Intakes - Middle Moor - Bowden Bridge car park
7.5 miles
492 metres
4 hrs 55 mins
157 metres
2 hrs 50 mins
Friday 22nd September 2017
Curbar Gap car park - Baslow Edge - Wellington Monument - Jack Flat - Swine Sty - White Edge - White Edge Trig (TP) - Stoke Flat - Curbar Edge - Curbar Gap car park
4.75 miles
157 metres
2 hrs 50 mins
480 metres
4 hrs 15 mins
Tuesday 19th September 2017
Cat & Fiddle lay-by - Whetstone Ridge - Danethorn Hollow - Shutlingsloe (TP) - Macclesfield Forest - Standing Stone - Broughsplace - Torgate Farm - Chest Hollow - Cat & Fiddle lay-by
7.25 miles
480 metres
4 hrs 15 mins
329 metres
5 hrs 5 mins
Sunday 17th September 2017
Upper Burbage Bridge - Cowper Stones (TP) - Stanage Edge - Stanedge Pole - White Stones - Brown Edge Farm - Ox Stones (TP) - Houndkirk Road - Burbage Rocks - Upper Burbage Bridge
8.5 miles
329 metres
5 hrs 5 mins
409 metres
4 hrs 15 mins
Wednesday 6th September 2017
Milldale Car park - Dove Dale - Bunster Hill - Dovedale Wood - Ilam Rock - Dove Dale - Milldale car park
7 miles
409 metres
4 hrs 15 mins
179 metres
2 hrs 15 mins
Monday 4th September 2017
High Peak Junction - Cromford Canal - Birch Wood - High Peak Trail - Intake Lane - Cromford Wharf - Cromford Canal - High Peak Junction
5 miles
179 metres
2 hrs 15 mins
475 metres
4 hrs 25 mins
Friday 25th August 2017
Sir William Hill Road - Bretton Clough - Abney Moor - Abney - Abney Clough - Eyam Moor - Sir William Hill Road
8.25 miles
475 metres
4 hrs 25 mins
347 metres
3 hrs 45 mins
Sunday 16th July 2017
Tideswell Dale car park - Litton - Cressbrook Dale - Water-cum-Jolly - Miller's Dale - Tideswell Dale - Tideswell Dale car park
6.75 miles
347 metres
3 hrs 45 mins
260 metres
4 hrs 20 mins
Friday 14th July 2017
Hell Bank Plantation - Hob Hurst's House - Gibbet Moor - Dobb Edge - Emperor Lake - Swiss Lake - Rabbit Warren - Hell Bank Plantation
7.5 miles
260 metres
4 hrs 20 mins
453 metres
4 hrs 50 mins
Thursday 25th May 2017
Ashopton Road - Parkin Clough - Win Hill (TP) - Hope Brink - Hope Cross - Ladybower Reservoir - Ashopton Road
8 miles
453 metres
4 hrs 50 mins
244 metres
2 hrs 25 mins
Tuesday 4th April 2017
Howtown Pier - Hallin Fell (390) - Howtown Pier
2.25 miles
244 metres
2 hrs 25 mins
839 metres
6 hrs 40 mins
Monday 3rd April 2017
Red Lion, Grasmere - Stone Arthur (385) - Great Rigg (386) - Rydal Fell (387) - Heron Pike (388) - Nab Scar (389) - Rydal Mount - Coffin Route - Dove Cottage - Red Lion, Grasmere
7.75 miles
839 metres
6 hrs 40 mins
251 metres
2 hours 40 mins
Sunday 26th March 2017
Curbar Gap car park - Calver - Derwent Valley Way - Baslow - Baslow Edge - Curbar Gap car park
4.5 miles
251 metres
2 hours 40 mins
298 metres
4 hours 5 mins
Wednesday 4th January 2017
Curbar Gap car park - White Edge - White Edge Moor - Wooden Pole - Longshaw Estate - Hay Wood - Froggatt Edge - Curbar Edge - Curbar Gap car park
8.25 miles
298 metres
4 hours 5 mins
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