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<\/p>\nDespite the risk of leaving other Warts behind we decided to set off a bit early from Strines car park only to see Phil and Kev arriving there. We therefore waited and warmed up (few takers) and chatted at the gate to the moor having risked the horrors of a surprisingly busy 50m of road. It was good to see the two who hadn\u2019t been on Warts\u2019 outings for some time and, thankfully of course, they brought down the average age of the thirteen of us.<\/p>\n
Never assume anything! Andy had proposed an outline standard sort of route of Low Tor, possibly via the Blockhouse, Beresters, Gravy Cabin and back. However, Tom had mentioned that a route to the right, roughly north, might be better, so, Andy ever keen to please and to use a mostly path free line at every opportunity, took us to Foulstone Delf area to join the big track below the gamekeeper\u2019s house. But\u2026., not for long on the track, as we dived off over Brogging Moss on surprisingly easy ground, mainly burnt heather patches until we hit the slabs across Cartledge and then to Low Tor. Is it Low Tor or is it Low Knoll? There was some discussion on whether tors should be called knolls (no I don\u2019t know the reason for this either). After all, there were quite a few in the area, Dovestone, Back, Howshaw, Low and Beresters, there may even be more.<\/p>\n
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Low Tor or, maybe, Low Knoll?<\/em><\/p>\n After Low Tor, Beresters Tor beckoned and the Harmerian terrain factor continued to increase as we took a direct line to Abbey Brook over some tussocky ground for the descent. The dry and sunny weather we\u2019re enjoying does tend to dry the grass and surprisingly make it quite slippery especially in part worn Hokas which is my excuse for a slow staggering struggle down to the Brook. The climb up the other side doesn\u2019t change, it is always impressive, with some spectacular views down the valley. All attendees at Beresters were noted in the hidden log book and, for once, since we were sheltered from the cool east wind, there was talk of resting a while to sun bathe but no such luck!<\/p>\n Beresters Tor <\/em><\/p>\n (The white legs, referred to as spaghetti legs, indicate an early summer Warts\u2019 outing)<\/em><\/p>\n Instead, we took off for a contour round around Howden Edge and down to Gravy Cabin whose internal decoration was now enhanced by a fallen tree to give it a more rustic look and possibly a seat.<\/p>\n We slid down into Abbey Brook for a dry-feet crossing of the Brook and a scramble up to the main path which we immediately crossed to enjoy the tussock clad hillside up Wild Moor Clough and beyond to the path (!) to Lost Lad and Back Tor, thus making progress a bit quicker. It has to be reported, however, that some feet actually got wet despite a sign thoughtfully diverting us around a first-class bog. Oh well, we can\u2019t have too many treats. <\/p>\n Never assume anything, it was thought that there would be a standard descent to the Strines Inn from Back Tor but, instead, Blackhole had to be visited. Weaving along any burnt heather patches, we reached it, only to be invited (we all accepted) to climb to Strines Moor Ridge up a bracken covered landslip. Once we had summited, there was a sprint to the pub on a good track, apart from the last bit of rock-strewn peat. Along this stretch It\u2019s necessary to really concentrate, as Clive did and thereby managed to avoid a high-speed crash, by a whisker.<\/p>\n At the pub the Dark peak Cold Water Babes including Lucy and Tim, were tucking into a proper meal unlike our usual fare of crisps and nuts. We were then joined by Willy, Dave, Sarah and other fast Warts including Penny who had a tale of a rainbow-coloured bruise following her bike encounter with a 90-year old car driver who hadn\u2019t seen her.<\/p>\n The combination of our long two-and half-hour outing and the choice of the Strines for our \u201cbase\u201d, was serendipitous in giving us a reunion of young\/fast and old\/slow Warts. <\/p>\n What a memorable and splendid evening. <\/p>\n Thanks to all.<\/p>\n Graham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite the risk of leaving other Warts behind we decided to set off a bit early from Strines car park only to see Phil and Kev arriving there. We therefore waited and warmed up (few takers) and chatted at the gate to the moor having risked the horrors of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-warts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"2022-04-21--IMG-4766.JPG-web.png\"](\"\/uploads\/blog\/pictures\/2022-04-21--IMG-4766.JPG-web.png\")
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