Black Hill and the Far-Northern Peak

25th April 2009

After a few weeks of dry weather, I decided it would be a good time to explore some of the peat bogs in the far north of the Peak District! My circuit from Crowden took in Black Hill (which I last visited on my Duke of Edinburgh Gold practice expedition seven years ago!), West Nab and the hills around Dovestone Reservoir.

Colourful spring foliage at home in Quarndon	Crowden Great Brook	Crowden Little Brook, from the ascent to Hey Edge	Looking north from the trig point on Hey Edge
Black Hill, from White Low	Looking south from Tooleyshaw Moss	Approaching Black Hill, the white trig point just visible ahead	The Pennine Way at the summit of Black Hill
Heading north from Black Hill	Dean Clough	At the summit of West Nab	Looking NE from West Nab...
...and looking west to my route ahead	Looking back to West Nab	Wessenden Reservoir	Shiny Brook Clough
Parallel drainage channels across Featherbed Moss - a very useful navigational handrail!	Looking into the Tame Valley from Broadstone Hill	Looking down to the Kinder Stones obelisk	The view east from Dick Hill
From a bit further on, a closer view of the Yeoman Hey reservoir and Chew Brook	Greenfield Reservoir	Alderman's Hill	Dovestone Reservoir