A chance to pick off a couple of low level Marilyns in area 36 - Lancashire, Cheshire & the Southern Pennines as part of our Peak District trip to visit Kinder Low, the Historic County Top of Derbyshire.
Moderate winds put paid to going up Kinder Low today and early morning rain meant a later start waiting for the rain to clear as forecast.
The original plan was to start at Rushton Spencer go up The Cloud return to the van for lunch then go out in the afternoon again from Rushton Spencer to go up Gun. Basically two individual circular walks of at least 5 miles each, more like 12 in total as the return route had not been planned in detail.
With the late start we decided to go up Gun first, have lunch then drive on to Rushton Spencer and go up The Cloud along the Staffordshire Way following the original planned route.
Still cold and windy on the tops but with dry conditions and fluffy white shower clouds silhouetted against blue sky providing good light for photos combined with clear views.
We really should have more days like this
Peaks visited
Nuttalls (254E - 444E&W)
NONE
Hewitts (179E - 316E&W)
NONE
Marilyns (176E - 1550E,W&S)
Gun (69E - 138E,W&S)
The Cloud (70E - 139E,W&S)
Deweys (181E - 427EW&S)
NONE
HuMPs (444E - 2977EW&S)
Gun (125E - 213E,W&S)
The Cloud (126E - 214E,W&S)
Historic County Tops (49W - 93E,W&S)
NONE
The Cloud (126E - 214E,W&S)
Historic County Tops (49W - 93E,W&S)
NONE
E: England.
E,W&S:England,Wales & ScotlandGun
Walk Statistics
Walk Date - 11 April 2015Walkers - Steve Smith, Gina Smith
Accommodation - Buxton Caravan Club Site
Start Point - 358m spot height on Meerbrook Road (SJ 96766 60944)
Start Time - 12:50
Finish Point - 358m spot height on Meerbrook Road (SJ 96766 60944)
Finish Time - 13:51
Duration - 1hrs 01mins
Average pace - 2.09mph
Distance Walked - 2.12 miles
Height Ascended - 81.31 metres
Route Description
Gun trig point
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Walk Statistics
Walk Date - 11 April 2015Walkers - Steve Smith, Gina Smith
Accommodation - Buxton Caravan Club Site
Start Point - Footpath near Rushton Spencer old station (SJ 93559 62477)
Finish Point - Footpath near Rushton Spencer old station (SJ 93559 62477)
Finish Time - 17:50
Duration - 2hrs 49mins
Average pace - 2.04mph
Distance Walked - 5.75 miles
Height Ascended - 279.14metres
Route Description
The Cloud summit area. 100m NW of trig point.
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- All 444 English & Welsh Nuttalls
- All 282 Scottish Munros
- 600 of the 1556 English, Welsh and Scottish Marilyns
Even when you have done some of the things you did not think you can achieve you can be certain that you will have to acquire skills and do things you had not even thought of. Chances are if you knew what these were you would not have set the task in the first place.
So from now on my focus is going to be completing each of the above lists.
Do today what others won't, so tomorrow you will be able to do things others can't.