Day
2 Torside to Standedge (saturday) 13 miles
Stage
2 completed and another fine days walk, with NO rain yet again, but a
fair amount of mist at times. As I
had already covered the day 1
route previously, this was now the beginning of new areas for me to
enjoy, and
Setting
off at 10-15, I soon picked the route up into Cowden Great Brook
valley, soon reaching Laddow Rocks.
Views from here down the valley
were impressive, so I had a short break, tried to take a few
“selfies” using
tripod and timer setting on the camera. Lets say
I need a bit of practise and patience to get them right, deleted
Next
to come was the trek down, then upwards to Black Hill, which used to
be a nightmare to cross, peat bogs
the lot. It is now stone paved and
walking and navigation is a doddle, in fact the whole stage was
simple to
navigate, only checked my map a few times.A bit misty and
making it cold, but I didn't hang around for long, I needed to get
somewher before 2-00.
Heading
for the main A635 road I picked my pace up considerably, a mobile
sandwich van parks there, I wasn't
going to get there too late. And I
bloody well didn't, sausage and tomato baps washed down with a cuppa
tea,
just the job. It was here I met a few more PW walkers, a couple
from Holland (Inge and Daan) and a young
guy from Texas (Thomas),
Pennine Way sure is cosmopolitan. Had a chat with them, the Dutch
couples schedule
was the same as mine, may bump into them again, well
they are in same digs tonight, The Carriage House near Marsden. After
fuelling up it was then a trek alongside Wessenden reservoirs before
turning west and making
my way across the moors to the b&b
getting there just before 4-00. Looking forward to tomorrow now,
Hebden Bridge is calling.
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