Longshaw Estate via Carl Wark, Higger Tor and Over Owler Tor

Hathersage, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Monday, 16 October, 2006
Route 21

A circular walk from Longshaw Estate by way of Carl Wark, Higger Tor, Over Owler Tor and Bole Hill.

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Distance (km): 
9.30 km
Distance (miles): 
5.78 miles
Elevation (start point): 
341 metres
Latitude (start point): 
53.3167
Longitude (start point): 
-1.60139
OS Grid Ref (start point): 
SK 26653 80047
Nearest Post Code: 
S11 7TY
Car parking: 
Longshaw Estate: Woodcroft
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Having visited this area so many times but never having stood on top of Carl Wark or Higger Tor we finally set aside some time to accomplish this goal. Once again we parked at the National Trust's Longshaw Estate car park (I think it is the National Trust's home made cakes which attracts us) and set off for Carl Wark.

Considering both the weather and lighting conditions were rather changeable I think I managed a few half-decent photographs. I was also testing the built in GPS of a newly acquired Ipaq 6915 PDA which of course was totally unnecessary with todays route and weather though it did work well enough in the woodland at Bole Hill to pinpoint our position while trying to follow the myriad of paths down the slopes of Padley Gorge towards Grindleford railway station.