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| Walking Diary 2008 | ||
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Click on the date to take you to the walk's photos and details. 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.
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| Date | Walk |
Walk Details | ||
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Ditch Clough Plantation - Alport Castles - Alport Bridge - Rowlee Farm - Rowlee Pasture - Ditch Clough Plantation |
Distance | 8 miles | |
| Ascent | 612 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours 20 mins | |||
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Friden car park - Bolderstone Plantation - Long Dale - Gratton Moor - Kenslow Wood - Kenslow Knoll - Friden car park |
Distance | 5.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 218 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours 10 mins | |||
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Longwalls Lane |
Distance | 0.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 0 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 30 minutes | |||
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Milldale car park - Alstonefield - Narrowdale Hill - Wolfscote Dale - Coldeaton Bridge - Mill Dale - Milldale car park |
Distance | 6.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 341 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours 40 mins | |||
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Sir William Hill Road - Eyam Moor - Highlow Wood - Offerton Moor - Smelting Hill - Abney Moor - Bretton Clough - Sir William Hill Road |
Distance | 10 miles | |
| Ascent | 539 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 6 hours | |||
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Burnbanks - Pinnacle Howe (280) - Bampton Fell (281) - Four Stones Hill (282) - Measand Beck - Burnbanks |
Distance | 5 miles | |
| Ascent | 353 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours 50 mins | |||
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Coldfell Road - Burn Edge (278) - Swarth Fell (Kinniside) (279) - Nannycatch Gate - Flat Fell (W) - Coldfell Road |
Distance | 4.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 368 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours | |||
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Bowder Stone car park - King's How on Grange Fell (276) - Brund Fell (277) - Puddingstone Bank - Bowder Stone - Bowder Stone car park |
Distance | 4 miles | |
| Ascent | 485 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours 20 mins | |||
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Brumston Bridge - Sale Fell (272) - Rivings (273) - Lothwaite (274) - Chapel Wood - Burthwaite Heights (275) - Ling Fell - Brumston Bridge |
Distance | 4.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 492 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours 50 mins | |||
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Birchen Edge car park - Birchen Edge (TP) - Jack Flat - Bar Road - Baslow - Chatsworth - Birchen Edge car park |
Distance | 5.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 260 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours | |||
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Bolehill - High Peak Junction - Birch Wood - Bolehill (TP) - Big Plantation - High Peak Trail - High Peak Junction |
Distance | 4 miles | |
| Ascent | 406 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours | |||
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Corney Fell Road - Buck Barrow (266) - Great Paddy Crag (267) - Kinmont Buck Barrow (268) - Burn Moor (269) - Plough Fell (270) - Corney Fell Road - Stoneside Hill (271) - Corney Fell Road |
Distance | 5.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 323 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours | |||
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Blea Tarn car park - Blake Rigg (261) - Long Crag (262) - Pike O'Blisco (263) - Cold Pike (264) - Great Knott (265) - Oxendale - Side Pike - Blea Tarn car park |
Distance | 8.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 1004 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 8 hours | |||
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Gatesgarth Farm - Fleetwith Pike (256) - Black Star on Honister Crag (257) - Grey Knotts (258) - Brandreth (259) - Haystacks (260) - Scarth Gap - Peggy's Bridge - Gatesgarth Farm |
Distance | 7.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 914 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 7 hours 5 mins | |||
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Castleton car park - Lose Hill - Hollins Cross - Mam Tor (TP) - Limestone Way - Cave Dale - Castleton car park |
Distance | 8.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 539 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours 30 mins | |||
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Yorkshire Bridge Inn lay-by - Win Hill (TP) - Hope Brink - Hope Cross - Ladybower Reservoir - Yorkshire Bridge Inn lay-by |
Distance | 7.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 431 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours | |||
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Surprise View car park - Mother Cap - Over Owler Tor - Hathersage Moor - Burbage Brook - Upper Burbage Bridge - Burbage Rocks - Burbage Bridge - Owler Tor - Surprise View car park |
Distance | 6 miles | |
| Ascent | 312 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours 30 mins | |||
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Moor Lane car park - Cales Dale - Ricklow Quarry - Lathkill Dale - Conksbury Bridge - Alport - Bradford Dale - Moor Lane car park |
Distance | 10 miles | |
| Ascent | 459 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 45 mins | |||
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National Trust car park - Lambourn Valley Way - Whitehorse Hill (CT) - The Ridgeway - Britchcombe Farm - Woolstone - National Trust car park |
Distance | 4.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 174 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 15 mins | |||
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Woodland Fell Road - Great Burney - Little Burney - Mawthwaite Moss - Woodland Fell Road |
Distance | 2.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 206 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 30 mins | |||
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Gummer's How car park - Gummer's How - Gummer's How car park |
Distance | 1.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 146 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 1 hour | |||
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Bowness Knott car park - Bowness Knott (249) - Brown How (Ennerdale) (250) - Herdus (251) - Great Borne (252) - Gale Fell (253) - Starling Dodd (254) - Little Dodd (Ennerdale) (255) - Bowness Knott car park |
Distance | 8.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 822 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 6 hours | |||
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Birker Fell Road - Rough Crag - Water Crag - Devoke Water - Birker Fell Road |
Distance | 3 miles | |
| Ascent | 156 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 30 mins | |||
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Old Glossop - Doctor's Gate Path - Pennine Way - Bleaklow Head - Wildboar Grain - Cock Hill - Old Glossop |
Distance | 9.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 525 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 6 hours 15 mins | |||
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Whatstandwell Station - Cromford Canal - Wakebridge - Crich Mount (TP) - Wakebridge - Cromford Canal - Whatstandwell Station |
Distance | 5 miles | |
| Ascent | 212 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 20 mins | |||
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Greendale - Buckbarrow (245) - Glade How (246) - Cat Bields - Seatallan (247) - Middle Fell (248) - Greendale |
Distance | 6 miles | |
| Ascent | 817 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 15 mins | |||
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Three Shires Stone - Wet Side Edge - Hell Gill Pike (241) - Little Carrs - Great Carrs (242) - Swirl How - Great How - Brim Fell - Coniston Old Man (CT) - Dow Crag - Buck Pike - Brown Pike - Walna Scar - White Maiden (243) - White Pike (244) - Walna Scar Road - Long House |
Distance | 8 miles | |
| Ascent | 851 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 6 hours 15 mins | |||
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Jubilee Bridge - Harter Fell (238) - Demming Crag (239) - Horsehow Crags (240) - Hardknott Fort - Jubilee Bridge |
Distance | 4.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 637 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours 35 mins | |||
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Irton Road Station - Miterdale Forest - Irton Fell - Whin Rigg - Illgill Head - Burnmoor Tarn - Boat How - Boot |
Distance | 10 miles | |
| Ascent | 801 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 6 hours 10 mins | |||
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Woodend Bridge - Hesk Fell (232) - The Pike (233) - Holehouse Bridge - Bigert (234) - Whitfell (235) - Stainton Pike (236) - Yoadcastle (237) - Woodend Bridge |
Distance | 8.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 771 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 50 mins | |||
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Eskdale campsite - St Catherine's Church - Stanley Force - Underbank - Doctor Bridge - St Catherine's Church - Eskdale campsite |
Distance | 5.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 239 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 55 mins | |||
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White Lodge car park - New Plantation - Brushfield - High Dale - Miller's Dale - Water-cum-Jolly Dale - Upperdale - Monsal Dale - White Lodge car park |
Distance | 6 miles | |
| Ascent | 381 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours 30 mins | |||
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Firestone - North Lane - Chevinend - Midshires Way - Duffield - Midshires Way - Hazelwood Hall Farm - Firestone |
Distance | 4 miles | |
| Ascent | 100 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours | |||
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Longnor - Green Lane - High Wheeldon (TP) - Earl Sterndale - Dowel Dale - High Edge - Chrome Hill - Longnor |
Distance | 8.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 549 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours | |||
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Edale car park - Hollins Cross - Mam Tor (TP) - Rushup Edge - Brown Knoll (TP) - Noe Stool - Grindslow Knoll - Edale car park |
Distance | 10.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 631 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 40 mins | |||
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Cat & Fiddle Inn - Goyt Valley - Errwood Reservoir - Fernilee Reservoir - Midshires Way - Windgather Rocks - Pym Chair - Cats Tor - Shining Tor (CT) - Cat & Fiddle Inn |
Distance | 12.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 684 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 6 hours 10 mins | |||
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Dennis Knoll car park - Stanage Edge - High Neb (TP) - Stanage End - Crow Chin - Dennis Knoll car park |
Distance | 4.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 197 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 30 mins | |||
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Hell Bank Plantation - Rabbit Warren - Swiss Lake - Emperor Lake - Dobb Edge - Gibbet Moor - Rabbit Warren - Hell Bank Plantation |
Distance | 8 miles | |
| Ascent | 248 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 3 hours 50 mins | |||
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High Peak Junction - Cromford Canal - Birch Wood - Bolehill (TP) - Black Rocks - High Peak Trail - High Peak Junction |
Distance | 6.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 406 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours | |||
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Milldale car park - Dove Dale - Ilam Rock - Dovedale Wood - Bunster Hill - Thorpe Cloud - Dove Dale - Milldale car park |
Distance | 6.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 567 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours 30 mins | |||
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Grasmere - Easedale - Sourmilk Gill - Easedale Tarn - Sourmilk Gill - Easedale - Grasmere |
Distance | 5 miles | |
| Ascent | 334 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 30 mins | |||
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Roehead - Barton Fell - Arthur's Pike (229) - Bonscale Pike (230) - Swarth Fell (231) - Loadpot Hill - High Street Roman Road - Roehead |
Distance | 8.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 531 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours 35 mins | |||
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Brumston Bridge - Ling Fell (228) - Brumston Bridge |
Distance | 1.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 230 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 1 hour 20 mins | |||
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Moor Lane car park - Cales Dale - Monyash - Bagshaw Dale - Lathkill Dale - Conksbury Bridge - Alport - Bradford Dale - Moor Lane car park |
Distance | 11.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 469 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 50 mins | |||
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Manystones Lane - Harboro Rocks (TP) - High Peak Trail - Longcliffe - Rainster Rocks - Limestone Way - Manystones Lane |
Distance | 5 miles | |
| Ascent | 268 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 5 mins | |||
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Curbar car park - Curbar Edge - Froggatt Edge - Nether Padley - Tumbling Hill - White Edge Lodge - Lady's Cross - Barbrook Reservoir - Ramsley Reservoir - Jack Flat - Baslow Edge - Curbar car park |
Distance | 10.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 369 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 35 mins | |||
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High Peak Junction - Middleton Top - Minninglow - Friden - Parsley Hay - Dowlow |
Distance | 17.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 615 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 7 hours 35 mins | |||
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Stanton Moor |
Distance | 1.75 miles | |
| Ascent | 48 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 1 hour | |||
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Clough House car park - Shutlingsloe (TP) - Macclesfield Forest - Ridgegate Reservoir - Bottoms Reservoir - Tegg's Nose - Macclesfiled Forest - Chapel Lane - Macclesfield Forest - Clough House car park |
Distance | 9.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 732 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 15 mins | |||
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Upper Burbage Bridge - Burbage Edge - Carl Wark - Higger Tor - Fiddler's Elbow - Upper Burbage Bridge |
Distance | 3.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 207 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 2 hours 30 mins | |||
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Weag's Bridge car park - Beeston Tor - Throwley Hall - Rushley - Musden Wood - Carlton - Manifold Way - Weag's Bridge car park |
Distance | 8.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 352 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 4 hours 15 mins | |||
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Bowden Bridge car park - White Brow - William Clough - Sandy Heys - The Edge (TP) - Kinder Downfall - Kinder Low (TP) - Edale Cross - Oaken Clough - Coldwell Clough - Bowden Bridge car park |
Distance | 9.25 miles | |
| Ascent | 637 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 18 mins | |||
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Hope car park - Win Hill (TP) - Hope Cross - Jaggers Clough - Nether Booth - Hollins Cross - Back Tor - Lose Hill - Hope car park |
Distance | 10.5 miles | |
| Ascent | 694 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 5 hours 35 mins | |||
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Middleton Top - Middleton Moor - Middleton Top |
Distance | 2 miles | |
| Ascent | 54 metres | |||
| Time Taken | 50 mins | |||
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