Bamford, Thornhill, Aston, and Hope

I travelled to Bamford and then walked along the footpath to Thornhill.

I then went to the west towards Aston and up the bridleway to Hope Cross. For about a mile, mainly walking along the road to Aston I got caught up with a large group of teenagers who seemed to be marching to the beat of Whitney Houston songs - I found myself joining in to keep up with the pace.

[Some hazards aren't depicted on Ordnance Survey maps]

The water in the ford at the bottom of Jaggers Clough was at least a foot deep - just about my comfortable limit for walking through.

I took the footpath which leads up to Edale Youth Hostel and then turned to the south and made my way up the long steep climb to the top of the Great  Ridge near Back Tor.

It was dangerously blustery on the top of the ridge and so I immediately took a lower level path through the woods and then across a grassy hillside area down to Hope. One of the routes I took along here was one of three stretches of footpath today that I hadn't previously used on my walks. 

I arrived at Hope with plenty of time for a pot of tea and a flapjack at the Grasshopper Cafe in the village.

When the weather was nice it was perfect for photography, but it was a day spoiled by the wind again...at least it meant that the snow showers soon passed over though.

Today's route - 10 miles: