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Thursday 30th September 2010  15:00-18:00
Crowden to Lad's Leap - Didsbury Intake - return at reservoir level


Start point Crowden - walking past the campsite.


View across to the Blockholes Nature Reserve


joining the Pennine way for the next two fields the left at the trees up to Highstone rocks


about half way up looking back to Cowden - Outdoor Centre, Farm and Campsite


view across Longdendale and Torside Reservoir


a wider view Longdendale Woodhead and Torside reservoirs from near the top (Highstone Rocks to my right)


A628 winding its way over the Woodhead Pass


Laddow Rocks centre - the Pennine Way continues north that way.


the track approaching Lad's Leap - looking back to the flat top of Bleaklow


The cairn at Lad's Leap Kinder Scout on the distant horizon


Looking South West at Lad's Leap




Torside Reservoir Dam from Millstone Rocks


Looking east across Lad's Leap from Millstone Rocks




Dropping off the top - time for a sandwich !


Looking back - the last section was a very wet and boggy track


Rhodeswood Reservoir - Valehouse Resevoir - Bottoms Reservoir with Whitely Nab at Glossop Centre


Torside Reservoir Dam


Torside Reservoir one more time




Rhodeswood Reservoir from Didbury Intake


Rhodeswood Reservoir again - Ashop Head (Kinder) on the horizon - the road is the B6105 leading to Glossop (right)




Padfield Reservoirs and Glossop




Didsbury Intake path


Torside Clough - Bleaklow top on the horizon


NOT part of the track but just seen in passing.


some Autumn colours at Valehouse Reservoir


nearly down to the A628




Rhodeswood Reservoir Dam

Didsbury Intake - the path passing the rocks from the top


Oak


Across Rhodeswood Reservoir


Mottram Church in the distance across Rhodeswood and Valehouse reservoirs


Back to the Pennine Way


Field Barn below Highstone Rocks


Wildboar Clough across Longdendale


Back at Crowden Farm - sun on the Nature Reserve

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