BLEAKLOW + HIGHER SHELF STONES.19-7-12.

Having completed the Welsh Nuttalls and wanting to bag a few more of the English ones me,Howie and Clive set off to Glossop,Derbyshire where we met Mike to bag 2 of only 5 Nuttalls south of the Lakes/Yorkshire Dales.Parking at the industrial estate in Old Glossop we set off in light drizzle but thankfully in only lasted 15 minutes as we made steady progress up an old trackway,which had quite a bit of water running down it.

Roofing and paving slabs were transported this way from the quarry on Cock Hill which loomed ahead.

I veered off from the boys to find a geo-cache and to explore the quarry.

By now the rain had stopped and i caught up with the boys at the trig point on Cock Hill.

Now we headed north east past lots of grouse butts to reach the shooting hut which had a helicopter parked by it,with bags of lime and a spreader,i couldn't resist a sit in it.

We now dropped down to the Pennine Way and followed it up Torside Clough.

We crossed the stream at the top of John Track Well and followed Wildboar Grain a short distance before Mike took us to see the site of the Bristol Blenheim Bomber that crashed here.

We returned to the clough and walked the short distance to the summit of Bleaklow.

Here we had our dinner and we then visited the "kissing" Wain Stones.

Next entailed some serious bog trotting and stream jumping before we reached the Hern Stones.

Over these stones,more bog trotting and we reached the wreck of the Super Fortress.

A short distance away is the summit of Higher Shelf Stones.

Leaving the summit we headed south east and followed Crooked Clough down the valley to join Doctor's Gate which affords a great view back up to the summit we had just left.

The path now joins the bridal way following Shelf Brook back to Glossop,but we had to walk the last 15 minutes in heavy rain.This walk was 10.5 mile long with an ascent of 2,200 feet.I have completed 62 of the English Nuttalls.

MILEAGE WALKED    344.5
ASCENT                       80,300
TOPS                             76.