Thursday, 7th April 2016

Walk: Stronstrey Bank, Anglezarke Reservoir, Yarrow Reservoir, Lead Mines Clough, Redmonds Edge, Great Hill
Start Point: White Coppice Grid Reference: SD 619 190
Distance: 10 miles Ascent: 1,500 feet
Time: 4.25 hours
Weather: Dry but dull with the wind becoming stronger in the afternoon
Comments: Despite all the recent rain I managed to complete the walk in the dry but the swollen streams and high keveks in the reservoirs were evidence of the wet weather in the past few days.

Signs of recent heavy rain . . .

as the bridge is in danger of being submerged

The lamb attracts my attention . . .

but sadly its front legs seem to be deformed

Water flowing into Yarrow Reservoir is at quite a high level

Anglezarke Reservoir

Yarrow Reservoir outflow . . .

where water races over the cobbles . . .

as it leaves the weir

Unusual breed of sheep

Lead Mines Clough an area of picturesque waterfalls . . .

in a rocky gorge and the site of a mine . . .

that had its heyday in the 1780s

Zooming across to the memorial to a 1943 Wellington Bomber air crash on these moors which killed six airmen

Redmond Edge, leading to . . .

Great Hill

This tiny lamb . . .

was calling for its mother - but no reply!

Dean Black Brook, where the waterfalls . . .

are partially man-made

as the stream bed has been adapted as it flows through a steep ravine

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