Froggatt Edge, Higger Tor and Abney Moor

10th October 2009

There were sunny spells and clear views for my first local walk of October, starting in Curbar, and I enjoyed the early-autumn colours of the trees and bracken. My route took in Froggatt Edge, Higger Tor, Abney Moor and Eyam.

Traversing below Curbar Edge	Early-autumn colours in Curbar Woods	Ascending towards the Edge	Froggatt Edge
Froggatt Edge	Hathersage from Froggatt Edge, wtih Win Hill and Bamford Edge beyond	Silver birches in the disused Bole Hill Quarry
Abandoned millstones	Looking NW into the Hope Valley	Looking south down the Derwent Valley from Over Owler Tor...	...and NE from the same spot to Higger Tor and Burbage Rocks
A panoramic view west and north: Offerton Moor, the Hope Valley and Kinder, Stanage and Higger Tor	Looking east across Hathersage Moor	Higger Tor	The view NW from Higger Tor
Carl Wark fort from Higger tor	Hathersage	The River Derwent, at Leadmill	Looking back across the Derwent Valley, from Mount Pleasant
Bamford and Stanage	Offerton Hall and the Hope Valley	The Hope Valley, from Offerton Moor	Looking north to Ladybower