Axe Edge and Birchenough Hill

29th March 2009

I made an early start to explore some of the the moorlands SW of Buxton, enjoying a clear, crisp, sunny morning with a dusting of snow! The route passed through Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, with notable landmarks including Axe Edge, Oliver Hill, Three Shire Heads (where the three county boundaries meet) and Birchenough Hill. I had planned to continue to Shutlingsloe, the 'Matterhorn of Cheshire', but unfortunately had to cut the walk short to head into work to look at some engine test data, hot off the test-bed!

Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill, from Axe Edge	Looking SE from Axe Edge...	...and again, from a bit further along the ridge	Looking back to Axe Edge, from Oliver Hill
Looking towards The Roaches, from Wolf Edge	Axe Edge	A stone slab bridge near Knotbury	The River Dane, above Three Shire Heads
One of the bridges at Three Shire Heads...	...and the second bridge!	Three Shire Heads	Looking downstream
The Dane Valley, above Gradbach	Looking back	The view from Birchenough Hill	Zooming in on Sutton Common (as visited two weeks ago)...
...and on Shutlingsloe	Axe Edge Moor, from the A54