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This is a diary of walks in Northern England, kept since 2004
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Chapter #3

28th December 2004 - Greenhow and Brewerley Moor

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A brisk, exhilerating winter's walk. We started high up in Greenhow where the wind was biting and clouds in the distance looked ominous. It was icy and hard underfoot at the beginning of the walk. We followed a small stream downhill to the remains of a lead mining complex - ruined stone arch entrances, fingers of ventilation shafts pointing upwards, eroded valley banks. The ford at which we were to cross the stream was too deep and the water too fast, so we went a little up stream and made judicious use of rocks. Claire got half a bootfull of water.

Once we hit the Nidderdale Way the walk became populous - until then it had been sunlit solitude. Down past more mine remnants, then along a clear path with patchwork fields in the distance and through a huge mobile home estate. (Here we consulted a map and were immediately approached by a man offering incorrect opinions on which way we needed to go. It is difficult not to take offered wrong advice - you don't want to appear rude).

There was a fair amount of up and down - good exercise. Plenty of isolated farmhouses. We managed to escape the worst of the weather; once back at the car, drinking our thermos of coffee and eating cold beans (which were very tasty!) the snow set in.

Overall a highly recommended walk (five and three-quarter miles).

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