We all set off in Robs car in the dark at 07:00 and ended up in the National Trust Robin Hood car park. Booted up and headed onto Birchen Edge. It was a lovely walk up through the silver birch tree's. There was a lovely soft mist and the bracken was absolutely glowing with some of the greens almost fluorescent. Sorry for the overload of bracken and tree shots but every step seamed to give me more and better scenes. We got onto the top of Birchen Edge and the mist was a bit denser up there but it didn't take long to get to the Three Ships and Nelsons Column. The 3 rock formations have the names of 3 of Nelsons ships engraved on them, Victory, Royal Soverin and Defiant. The column was apparently erected in 1810 which is 30 years before Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square.
We continued along to the trig point then down off the edge and found somewhere for our breakfast.
After breakfast it was a nice slow walk back along under the edge back to the car.
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| This weeks route on Birchen Edge |
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| Geoff rock climbing |
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| First glimpse of Nelsons Monument and the Three Ships |
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| The Three Ships, Victory, Defiance and Royal Soverin |
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| Rob in front of Nelsons Monument |
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| Geoff, Ike & Rob |
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| Breakfast time |
A great little walk this, first outing for my new boots and they were great. We have been up here before but not in these conditions. With the soft mist the bracken was a gorgeous golden bronze colour and it frequently was growing alongside the silver birches and bright green mosses.
See you next week
