Friday January 12th

 Crowden, Tintwistle and The Chew Reservoir

It wasn't very bright and the cloud base was a little low and we decided to walk from Crowden as it was not too far to drive. Fortunately, the cloud lifted enough for us not to be in mist for any part of the walk.

We had decided to do the walk up to the Chew Reservoir as it longer than recent walks but not too long. As usual, we took the paths to the south of the Rhodeswood and Valehouse Reservoirs and through Tintwistle. After passing the Ebeneezer Chapel at the east end of the village, a rather dilapidated barn was for sale with a rather watchful cat in a pile of materials outside.

Cat keeping an eye on us

After our customary break for a snack and a drink on Stocks Green, we made our way through Arnfield and then over Ogden Brook before taking the path up beside Ogden Clough.

The bridge over Ogden Brook with the start of the clough in the background

We had our lunch at our usual perch at more or less the end of the clough before the final ascent through Wilderness.

The convenient outcrop for lunch
The walk through Wilderness

It always takes a little longer from the lunch perch to the Chew Reservoir than I anticipate- probably because the path along the edge above Chew Brook is more up, down and zig-zagging than I allow for.

The airy edge above Chew Brook

An hour on from lunch, we reached the reservoir- full, in contrast to most of our visits, with the beach where we've lunched in the past completely submerged.

The outfall from the (full) Chew Reservoir

From the reservoir, the terrain offers lots of choice as to the path to follow. They're usually all pretty muddy! From the high point of Laddow Moss, the path drops down to the south end of Laddow Rocks and then it's down the Pennine Way back to Crowden.

View from the Pennine Way at the south end of Laddow Rocks

We arrived back at the car a little after 16:25 and well before dark after a walk of 11.7 miles and 740m ascent.


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