22 Saturday June 27 Limer's Gate and Crimsworth Dean
Despite the uncertain weather we set out for another walk from the Paul Hannon book. We stopped at the Corner Shop,Stubbins to get a drink and Simon had a sausage muffin.
We parked at Pecket Well using the pub car park with the landlord's permission,to avoid the NT charges at Midgehole. We waited until a shower passed before setting out. It started raining again not long afterwards but we sheltered under a tree and missed the worst of it. We then had a bright interval with marvellous views as we climbed the moor to the trig point at High Brown Knoll. I could see that Heptonstall was disappearing into a raincloud and told Simon it would be unwise to linger there.
The rain hit us almost straightaway.We were going to try and get under a mushroom shaped rock but there was a rumble of thunder and Simon wanted to get off the moor so we moved on. However the rain hit us so hard that we stopped at the next set of rocks and wedged ourselves between two boulders which provided some moderate protection. By the time it eased up we were soaked.
As we neared the Keighey road we saw a bus parked up in a remote lay by. This cheered Simon up but it moved away before we got there and it was going the wrong way anyway. He got very down as we continued the walk. He cheered up a bit as we got to Lumb Falls though there were none of the hoped-for bathing beauties just a lot of beer bottles which are turning this beauty spot into a slum. The local landowners have put many notices up here saying things like "Lumb Falls closed due to changes in water levels, broken glass, fire risk, coronavirus, piranhas etc".I made the last one up but you get the point.
Simon's mood improved as we took a lovely path down through Crimsworth Dean.We had a longer stop at Midgehole before tackling the steep but gorgeous path back up to Pecket Well.
We drove down to Hebden Bridge, parking just short of the town centre. Simon waited in the car while I went to get some food from the street vendors. Just after being served, there was the heaviest downpour of the day and I had to wait in a doorway until it had abated. we ate the food - chicken curry for me,nuggets and chips for Simon,before we drove on to Asda for the shopping.
Ab fab darlings
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