Burbage Edge

Only 3 of us this week and we wondered what the heather would be like up on the moors so we headed up to Burbage Edge in Ike's car. We parked just above Toads Mouth in the gate where there's room for only 4 cars. We had a very slow walk along the bottom path and then found the footpath up to the  edge passing a couple of cairns on the way. We got onto the top and the views are just breathtaking in almost 360 degrees. We stopped further along and had our breakfast. I must apologise for all the photos, i could stop and take a pic every 10 feet, glorious place. After breakfast we slowly walked along the trail and back to the car.

Short walk on Burbage Edge

Shot from the moving car through the open window

First glimpse of the Edge

The track with Higger Tor in the background

Unfortunately this round trough has a big crack in it before it got finished.

Sunburst over Burbage Edge

Ike & Geoff

Carl Wark on the left and Higger Tor on the right

The old packhorse bridge lower left

Ike & Geoff climbing up to the edge

Got a view of Stanage Edge in the distance

Cairn 

Two cairns

Welcome to the Peak District

Breakfast stop

The road to Hathersage

Another cracked trough

Drill holes in the rock

Found an unfinished millstone

Ike

Geoff

Ike & Geoff

Lovely butterfly

Last shot before we got to the car

This was a lovely little walk with breathtaking views. We passed a couple of cracked troughs and just wonder if the poor sods got the sack after presumably weeks of work chipping them out. 

See you next week