Peak District - A Ladybower Horseshoe 23/06/2012 Distance - 21milesAscent - 4019feet Time - 7hrs 40min
Route - Ashopton Bridge - Whinstone Lee Tor - Back Tor - Lost Lad - Abbey Brook - Margery Hill - Cut Gate - Slippery Stones - Lower Small Clough - River Westend - Alport Castles - Rowlee Pasture - Ashopton Bridge
Click here to see the map Today’s walk would be a high level ridge walk all the way around the Ladybower Reservoir maintaining high as much as possible. We parked are cars in the lay by on Ashopton Bridge, there’s plenty of parking but at weekends it quickly fills up so we started the walk just after 8am. We had a gentle start to the going through the woodland to the first ascent of the day of Whinstone Lee Tor it’s only a short climb but steep and get the legs working and warms you up. From here the views over the Ladybower and surrounding hills are fantastic.
The weather seems to be holding out at the minute but the weather forecast had given showers so we weren’t holding our breath. We followed the well-marked path along Derwent Edge to the trig point at Back Tor passing the rock formation of Wheel Stones and Salt Cellar and many more it. Really enjoying the start of the walk and the pace was really fast with the dogs pulling us along we quickly arrived on Lost Lad where we had to take the path leading down into Abbey Brook losing all are height for the first time. It’s a cracking little valley with a couple of nice wild camping spots.
thanks for reading you can see the full trip report, pics and map on my blog
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