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<\/p>\nOnly five Slow Warts started from the Rowlee Bridge and, unusually, we didn\u2019t go up Crookestone Knoll, instead, we went up the valley and then crossed to the opposite side. We were spared the lung bursting enjoyment to the Knoll on this gloriously clear and fresh evening. An extra dose of freshening, of the feet, at the Ashop ford encouraged us on our way past Hayridge farm towards the Knots. This National Trust land was believed to be open access and we continued up the hillside but a voice from below, warned us off. A short and genuinely friendly conversation about avoiding the cows and calves, which we did, resolved the situation so we climbed to Hey Ridge and Cowms Rocks.<\/p>\n
The treat for the day was promised (by Andy) to be a fast and easy descent down a forest track but there was some necessary heathery, tussocky and boggy ground to cross first. Well, we had to maintain our Wartiness with a dose of this. Adjusting to the near darkness and sterility of the forest we did indeed have an easy descent with the odd bit of hurdling over fallen trees, thrown in to prevent any complacency creeping in. Blinking we emerged into the light to a grand view of the Alport Castles and even of the Scout hut (look carefully!). <\/p>\n
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Alport Castles<\/em><\/p>\n Our descent continued down a steep grassy field for a crossing of the Alport river. We were now beginning to feel the heat and, as we climbed to the Castles, images of sitting with a cool beer on the veranda of the Scout hut, came to mind. The fantasy was soon dispelled as we by-passed the hut and remained parched and beer-less as we climbed on. <\/p>\n Bright sunlight adds another dimension to getting up the Tower, it\u2019s possible to see the heights and the drops we\u2019re climbing on. There\u2019s no such reality in the dark when torches give only limited light and, consequently, only a limited dose of vertigo. We nevertheless made it to the top (good view) and, more importantly, got back down the southern side to scramble over the boulder field to the edge for a rather dark and forbidding look back at the Tower.<\/p>\n Warts on the Tower and the view below<\/em><\/p>\n The dark and forbidding Tower!<\/em><\/p>\n We were then faced with a forbidding stretch of flagstones down the ridge. It is noticeable that on either side of the stones, a groove in the soft ground is developing as this is preferred as less hard on the feet than flagstones. Fortunately, we left the ridge path and descended to Peter\u2019s farm and past a field of tents (DoE?) to the cars. <\/p>\n We returned to the welcoming Yorkshire Bridge Inn, no choice, now that the Ladybower has been closed because it has been reported that the Food Standards Agency requires an \u201curgent improvement\u201d. At the YBI, the Warts were transformed, probably by the beer, into horticulturists with their detailed discussions of wild and cultivated plants. Though the views on our outings are spectacular, we do spend too much time staring at the ground and at the plants.<\/p>\n Another very grand outing, thanks to all and thanks to Clive for the track.<\/p>\n Graham<\/p>\n Only five Slow Warts started from the Rowlee Bridge and, unusually, we didn\u2019t go up Crookestone Knoll, instead, we went up the valley and then crossed to the opposite side. We were spared the lung bursting enjoyment to the Knoll on this gloriously clear and fresh evening. An extra dose […]<\/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-3519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-warts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3519","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=3519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"2022-06-05--IMG-4902.JPG-web.png\"](\"\/uploads\/blog\/pictures\/2022-06-05--IMG-4902.JPG-web.png\")
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