Blackstone Edge

Date of Walk : Sunday 18th November

Route : Ogden Reservoir - Kitcliffe Reservoir - Piethorne Reservoir - Windy Hill - Blackstone Edge - Lydgate - Ogden Reservoir

Distance : 10.4 miles

This was a walk with a new walking group (40s Walkers North) and the weather was pretty dire but the company was great and it was good to put names to faces. We set off from a rather damp Ogden Reservoir with a little excitement as sleet could be seen up on Crompton Moor. What is it that turns perfectly behaved adults into children when there's a bit of white stuff about. The walk continued up the Piethorne valley and then we headed up to Windy Hill. For those unfamiliar with the area it is the top of the M62 at Summit. Then we followed the Pennine Way path over Blackstone Edge. This saw quite a reasonable amount of snow as we gained height. After negotiating Blackstone Edge we came down the Roman Road and then followed the route back to the M62 before heading back down to Ogden Reservoir.

Ogden Reservoir

The path on the way up to Windy Hill

Not quite Striding Edge but it involved a bit of balancing.

Blackstone Edge

Flickr Album - Blackstone Edge - 18 Nov 2007