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Windgather Rocks - Peak District Walk
Wednesday 10th September 2014
With the warm weather continuing I made the most of my free time and headed out for a walk to Windgather Rocks.
Start: The Street car park (SK 0135 7566)
Route: The Street car park - Fernilee Reservoir - Oldfield - Overton Hall Farm - Windgather Rocks - The Street - Errwood Hall - The Street car park
Distance: 7 miles Ascent: 409 metres Time Taken: 4 hours 30 mins
Terrain: Clear tracks
Weather: Warm
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
![Errwood Reservoir Errwood Reservoir](2014-09-10/errwood res.jpg)
The reservoir levels were very low.
![Errwood Reservoir Errwood Reservoir](2014-09-10/reservoir.jpg)
Combs Moss behind Errwood Reservoir.
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Walking through the wood next to Fernilee Reservoir.
![Fernilee Reservoir Fernilee Reservoir](2014-09-10/fernilee.jpg)
There are occassional glimpses of Fernilee Reservoir through the trees.
![Chinley Churn Chinley Churn](2014-09-10/chinley churn.jpg)
Climbing up to Oldfield and the view north extends as far as Chinley Churn.
![Combs Moss Combs Moss](2014-09-10/combs moss.jpg)
Looking east Combs Moss is in view.
![Windgather Rocks Windgather Rocks](2014-09-10/whaley moor.jpg)
I had a late lunch at Windgather Rocks. Here looking towards Whaley Moor.
![Kinder Kinder](2014-09-10/chinley churn1.jpg)
Behind me Kinder's plateau is just about visible.
![Windgather Rocks Windgather Rocks](2014-09-10/climbers.jpg)
As ever there are climbers enjoying a dry day on the rocks.
![Goyt Forest Goyt Forest](2014-09-10/wild moor.jpg)
Looking across Goyt Forest and Hoo Moor to Combs Moss.
![Pym Chair Pym Chair](2014-09-10/pym chair.jpg)
Open Access means it's now possible to follow a path across the moor to Pym Chair rather than having to walk on the road.
![Honeypot Honeypot](2014-09-10/honeypot.jpg)
The stone chapel known locally as the Honeypot.
![Honeypot Honeypot](2014-09-10/inside.jpg)
Inside the Honeypot, which is a shrine to a former Spanish
governess at Errwood Hall.
![Stake Side Stake Side](2014-09-10/stake side.jpg)
Looking across to Stake Side as I follow the track to Errwood Hall.
![Errwood Reservoir Errwood Reservoir](2014-09-10/errwood reservoir1.jpg)
The sun is setting the hills behind Errwood Reservoir alight as I head back to the car.
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