Start Point; Two Bridges
Distance 12 miles
Time 5 hrs 30 mins
Guiness enjoyment rating 8/10
No photos today. I did take some but half way along the camera stopped working. I'm no expert but I think it's because it fell in the river a few seconds earlier. Oh well, an excuse to treat myself to a new one. Will try the Picture card in another camera, they might live on after all.
This walk is almost entirely within the Merrivale Range Danger Area which you can only enjoy when there is no live firing by the Army. You are strongly advised not to enter when there is live firing as you certainly won't enjoy it if they shoot you. The first half of the walk is the most enjoyable, passed Wistmans Wood and up over Cocks Hill to the standing stone just shy of White Tor.
The return leg is very well defined on the map but poorly on the ground and was marshy and boggy in places, fueled by recent rains and various leats and streams. It was getting a bit frustrating and I think it was when crossing one of the leats that the camera decided he'd had enough and made a run for it.
Guiness had a great time, chasing his ball on the first half and keeping close by in the latter stages in the false belief that I knew where I was going.
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