After a very good night sleep at Edale hostel, I had some
breakfast and left off on my run. I headed down the hostel approach lane to the
bottom of the valley. I headed down the road and then turned off and headed up
the path to Hollins Cross. I struggled to the top but was then rewarded with
another uphill to Mam Tor. Mam Tor was covered in the clag so I didn’t hang
around at the top. After the decent down to the road crossing I made my way
along Rushup Edge. At the end of Rushup Edge I followed the path across the
horrible moor to Brown Knoll. The path and all around the path was very boggy
(as it always is) and after going knee deep in mud a few times I made it to the
trig at Brown Knoll.
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| Brown Knoll |
I carried on and headed upto Kinder Low where the running
got better as i followed the Pennine Way along the west side of Kinder Scout. I
carried on along the path but missed my turn where I was meant to follow the
north edge of Kinder Scout. Instead of tracking back up the hill I decided to
change my route and headed down the long boggy path down to the Snake Inn.
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| Path down to Snake Inn |
I
ran alongside the road and then made my way up the very steep Gate Side Clough
back up the north of Kinder Scout. After a struggle up the hill I was rewarded with some good
trail running, enjoying some views over the valley below when the cloud
cleared. I followed the northern edge of Kinder which seemed to go on for ages
until I came to the end at Crookstone Knoll. The weather was amazing and with
the sunshine the views we’re brilliant.
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| Crookstone Knoll, only 90 degrees of the view |
After enjoying the views I followed the path down to Hope
Cross and then the bridleway back to Edale. I got back to the car at the hostel
knackered after a hard 20 mile run. Just now trying to shake off some knee pain before I get back running again.
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| Last bit, path to YHA Edale |
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