David and Jacinta's Walks- 2026

Brown Knoll, Kinder South Edge and Mam Tor from Rushup David on his own on April Fool's Day; I had planned to walk from Edale up to Hollins Cross and  then to Mam Tor, Brown Knoll and the south edge of Kinder. However, I stopped at the layby at the south west end of Rushup Edge and started my walk from there. Just the same walk, but with a little extra to start and finish! Brown Knoll was the first significant top. It was showing signs of the recent weather and the surroundings of the trig point gave an idea of how it was before the paving slabs had been laid (we'd been there many years ago before the path had been slabbed as well). Brown Knoll trig point wallowing in its glorious past There was a brass miniature on the top of the trig: Miniature on top of the trig point The bottom of the brass had initials "WS" and an indication of the year: The base of the brass Although very much a foreign object, it didn't seem to be out of place in this location and I was hap...

 Shining Tor and Thursbitch An afternoon walk was on the cards, so we went to Shining Tor with a possible plan to walk down to Errwood as well. A sparkling, but cold and windy day However, the wind was very strong and quite challenging, so we adapted our idea and on reaching Shining Tor, took the lower option of Thursbitch. A welcome hot drink Sun shining on Old Leek Road It was a pleasant descent and as ever, there were not many people about. It is a route that in a couple of months will be full of lambs sleeping on the paths and generally lambing around. A brisk walk up the road to Pym Chair car park followed and we agreed that it had been worth making the effort to get out. A walk of 5.7 miles with 400m ascent.