Tuesday 8th April 2014
An evening walk up the steep side of Win Hill
Distance: 5.5km; Ascent: 320m; Dry with a cool breeze; Solo
After last
Tuesday's pleasant evening walk up Shining Tor, I decided to head out for another walk this Tuesday evening and settled on Win Hill from Yorkshire Bridge. I set off walking from the main round shortly before half-past seven and headed downhill to Yorkshire Bridge to begin the ascent up footpath number 408.
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| Footpath sign at the bottom of Parkin Clough |
The climb up through the woods was steep and muddy, but around 30 minutes later I was rewarded with good views from the
trigpoint on the summit of
Win Hill (HuMP). There were already three other people on the summit when I arrived, who appeared to have been photographing the sunset (which I unfortuantely was around ten minutes to late to see!).
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| Ladybower Reservoir from Win Hill |
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| Win Hill at dusk |
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| Win Hill trigpoint at dusk |
After a short break on the summit to admire the extensive views in the last light of the day I headed a short distance west along the ridge to pick up a narrow path through the heather, heading NE to the edge of the forest. By the light of my headtorch I descended muddy paths and tracks through the woods to reach the track along the shore of Ladybower Reservoir, whose dam I then crossed to return to my car shortly after 9pm after another nice evening hill-walk :-)
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| Footpath sign north of Win Hill |
Looks like a very pleasant little jaunt - just sorry I couldn't join you.
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I'll probably be heading out for an evening hill walk in the Peak next week and the week after. You're welcome to join me if you like.
DeleteCan't beat Win Hill!
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