Edale 2020, Day 4

Wednesday 16 September 2020

12.7 miles, 25,535 steps

Having spent two days up on the Kinder Plateau, we thought it would be sensible to go the other way today. So we plotted a route South, up to Mam Tor, over the far side and down towards Castleton. There are seven pubs, in Castleton ...

From there we found a different route back up to Hollins Cross, Back Tor and Lose Hill before returning back down into Edale. So we climbed up the dale side twice, for another reasonably energetic day with over 2,000ft of climb. The weather was again good, but cooler and more cloudy today, so visibility and therefore photographic opportunities were a bit more restricted:

Somewhere below Mam Tor, to give you an idea of the visibility during the morning ..

This is Cave Dale, the end of the Limestone Way that leads down into Castleton. Peveril Castle is visible in the distance

Getting closer to the castle..

We are deep in limestone country, and Castleton's caverns and caves are famous. This is the entrance to Peak Cavern. The sign refers to "The Devil's Arse"

On the way back towards the ridge above Edale now. Still cloudy!

We clambered up and arrived at the ridge near Back Tor, which is in the background. Heaven knows what I was pointing at, our B&B perhaps..

The climb up to the top of Back Tor is short, but very steep. Hard to convey, in a photo!

But you do get good views from the ridge. This is looking along to our next destination, Lose Hill

At the summit of Lose Hill there is a panorama listing all the things we ought to have been able to see, but mostly couldn't :-)

Starting back down now from Hollins Cross, towards Edale

We didn't really want to go to the pub, for the second time that day .. but Nicola was coming to pick Wayne up in the evening, and we arranged to meet her in the Nag's Head..

It was another good day's walking, and Castleton is a lovely little town - it seemed to be all pubs and outdoor shops, so definitely my kind of place! I forgot to take any photos while we were there, so here is a stock photo of the High St with Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, which serves very nice beer :-)