title	The Pennine Way: Lost on Kinder Scout, Derbyshire - 9th October 2005
intro	Nosher and the Old Chap formulate a plan whereby Nosher would walk from Edale - the start of the Pennine Way - and meet up a few hours later on the A57, a few miles down the road from Glossop. Ordinarily, a map would be carried, but the assumption was made that because the Pennine Way had had its footpaths all upgraded recently, it would be fairly well signposted (there was a compass, for real emergencies). And for the first four or five miles it was, until suddenly any indication of the route of the onward path disappeared completely and there was just wilderness with nary a soul to be seen anywhere. Pressing directly north (the known direction of the road) was no good, as this went through a strange, creepy area of peat bog criss-crossed by deep ravines - an arduous task to navigate, both for the difficulty of terrain and the complete lack of features. Eventually, after back-tracking to a previously-noted waypoint there were traces of a path in a stream bed, and so the footprints in the sand were followed for a mile-or-two, eventually reaching the top of "The Edge" - a steep scarp slope - before following this for a few miles and past several tors with no sign of escape to the valley below.  At least the footprints had increased in number and the track was now visibly well-trafficked. By this time, daylight was dwindling so, on seeing the A57, it was off down the 300 metres of the scarp slope near the point at Fairbrook Naze, and through bulbous tussocks of grass interpersed with bog, patches of fern and the occasional startled grouse. After half-an-hour of totally knackering descent, with a bearing of an abandoned farmhouse and river in mind, luck changed a bit as after crossing a small stream, a bridge over the much larger river presented itself, and, in an improbable twist of fate, led back on one of the official routes. The final push was back up the valley to the road - perhaps the most difficult thing ever - and a walk of a couple of miles along the dark, twisty Snake Pass, luckily with the ever-present mini Maglite, to the Snake Pass Inn and an eventual pick up thanks the Old Chap who happended to drive past.
imgp2061	A valley in between Whaley Bridge and Edale
imgp2062	A road across the Pennines
imgp2063	The Old Chap pokes around in the car
imgp2071	A dry-stone wall and a Pennine view
imgp2073	A Fresian munches on grass near Edale
imgp2074	Just up from Edale, the cow has a sratch
imgp2077	A solitary walker
imgp2082	Valley near Broadlee-bank Tor
imgp2090	An abandoned shepherd's hut
imgp2094	A dead tree
imgp2098	Standing stones
imgp2100	A bull lies down. Luckily, it didn't rain
imgp2103	Footpath to Upper Booth
imgp2105	Postbox in a wall, Upper Booth
imgp2108	A woodworker's workshop, Lee Farm
imgp2111	A lane through Lee Farm
imgp2113	Pile of wood-chips
imgp2114	A wooden head, like the Moai of Easter Island
imgp2119	A rough path
imgp2122	A sheep stares at Nosher
imgp2129	On Jacob's Ladder
imgp2130	Walkers mill around at the foot of Jacob's Ladder
imgp2132	Climbing Jacob's Ladder
imgp2134	More walkers in the hills
imgp2135	A pile of stones
imgp2146b	A pile of stones near Kinder Low
imgp2148	A bleak view
imgp2162	Self-timer photo
imgp2165	Holding on to a wind-sculpted rock
imgp2170	Somewhere near Cluther Rocks, about 630 metres up
imgp2173b	Cluther Rocks
imgp2175b	More aeolian carving
imgp2176	A red brook
imgp2180	A curious pair of wind-carved uprights
imgp2182	A flag-stone path