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PEAK DISTRICT - BAMFORD EDGE 3rd JANUARY 2011

Location -
Peak District - Bamford Edge & Stanage Edge
Map -
The Peak District Dark Peak Area - OL1
Route -
Roadside Parking (SK21518, 83952), Bamford Edge, Bamford Moor, Jarvis Clough, Moscar Moor, High Neb, Stanage Edge, Dennis Knoll, Roadside Parking.
Distance -
5 Miles
Weather -
Bright with a little sun, cold with some snow flurries.
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Route Map -
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Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission
of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

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With all the cloud at home we picked just the right place for our walk today.
The sun just peeping out over the edge of a cloud bank where it would fleetingly show itself through the day.
This image from where we parked the car looking over the valley to the peak of Win Hill on tha right.


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Down the Hope Valley to the Cement Works at Hope.


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Heavy clouds and warm light as we head up towards Bamford Edge.


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Win Hill from the rocky Bamford Edge.


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Pools of sun as we look North from Bamford Edge.


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A HDR(High Dynamic Range) image overlooking Bamford village.
Composed of three seperate exposures +1, 0, -1.


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Ladybower Reservoir from Bamford Edge.


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Crepuscular Rays from Bamford Edge (another HDR Image).


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Crossing Bamford Moor I seem to have gone too far ahead.


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Just about to set off from our lunch stop. Our target is the patch of snow to the left
of the cliffs ahead giving access to Stanage Edge.


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Here is that snow patch, and Stanage Edge.


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Negotiating the compact snow and ice. No running water here, it's all ice.


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Just before we leave Stanage Edge, here's a view looking south showing more
of the edge and some paragliders in the distance.


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One of many millstones found abandoned in this area.


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Looking back at Stanage Edge as we head back to the start of our walk.


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