Great Hill | ||||
Date | 18/1/2019 | |||
Starting Point | White Coppice (SD614 180) | |||
Distance | 3 miles | |||
A late afternoon walk in mid winter - walking up the gorge to White Coppice Quarry then climbing up from there to Coppice Stile Farm. From there it was to Great Hill and returning by the path alongside Dean Black Brook |
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A dipper on the dam overflow |
...and in the brook
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Icicles above Dean Black Brook
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White Coppice Quarry and my route to Coppice Stile ruins
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Lookin back from near the top of the quarry
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Having joined the main path this is the view back to Healey Nab
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The ruins of Coppice Stile Farm |
The photo above this one, with an old photo of Coppice Stile superimposed on it to give an idea of how it would have looked
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Great Hill from Coppice Stile
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Looking back at the farm ruins
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Drinkwaters and Great Hill on the left, the ruins og Grimes in the middle and the valley of Grangewater (as it was once alled on old maps)
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Looking back along the path to Coppice Stile |
Climbing the steps to sign No 2 where three paths meet |
The recently refurbished sign |
Nearing Drinkwater's farm |
Great Hill from Drinkwater's |
The ruins of Drinwaters. |
Ice on the path back the Drinkwater's |
Winter Hill and its masts |
Looking over to Yorkshire and Ingleborough |
Looking down to Great Hill Farm's ruins |
Great Hill summit |
Ice circles |
Great Hill summit |
Great Hill |
Great Hill Farm ruins |
Looking across to Drinkwater's from the path alongside Dean Black Brook |
The tree grows in an old mineshaft |
Looking back up the brook to the mine, Drinkwater's and Great Hill |
Dean Black Brook - looking west |
Dean Black Brook - looking east |