Here are a few photos that capture the essence of the 5 trigs and trods walk on 21st December. A day noted for its gale-force winds (forecasted 50+ mph but was definitely even higher at times) and some very heavy, driving, stinging rain. The intrepid team that braved the elements was myself, Mike Gregg and George Hosford.
As advertised, on our 18 mile circuit we did indeed visit 5 trig points and also included 4 interesting stone pillars, crossed a couple of ancient bridges and, bizarrely, found a snowman in the middle of the moors.
(apologies for the camera blur on a few of the photos, the gale-force winds persisted for the whole walk and it’s difficult holding a mobile steady in such conditions).
The final trig was on Blackstone Edge. We thought it had been windy for the whole walk but this was something else! It was impossible to get near the edge without being picked up and blown off your feet – the photo may not win any awards but well done to George for managing to stay on his feet long enough to snap one whilst I held on.
The snowman and Christmas tree (it does have gold tinsel and decorations) are on the back of Blackstone Edge at least 1.5 miles from the nearest road – or maybe we just halucinated it.
A memorable day out and good prep for Christmas, New year and the Marsden-Edale.
Great report, great pictures, just sorry I wasn’t there …. I think?!
You would have loved it, Andy. I’m tempted to add it to the meets programme for next year – it’s a great pre-Christmas blast.
Due to popular demand, I’ve added a route map (just about managed to print it from OS maps at 1:25000). If anyone wants the gpx route, let me know and I’ll send it to you.