Dovestones/Indian's Head

[Glyn]

Just noticed your location,another good little walk many years ago helped by a stop off in here..

That's the boozer that used to be round the back of Hartshead Pike.
Took my first wife in there and she literally couldn't believe the place,sat in some blokes living room,while he got your drinks.
Don't know how old he was,but he introduced his youngest son to us and he looked about
sixty.

Yes, more than a touch of the Roystan Vasey about that place when it was still a pub!

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Did you go for a swim in the rezzer.

 

[Fat Chance]

Look back where the cattle grid is (double bend/cattle grid/long straight) and you'll see a tarmac strip climbing sharpish, it's actually a service road that takes you up to the reser that sits above Dovestone/greenfilds 'Chew rezzer'. The climbs a gud 'en, if you carry on straight over the top of Chew and put up with a bit of boggy ground you'll eventually pop-up opposite Tintwistle rezzer. Makes for an intresting ride on a bike if your startoing/finishing point is COMS), especially if some bouncy fork herberts been largin it, not met one that 'll have it twice.

 

[Danbert]

What if you go left at the top of the service road instead of right?

Obviously going right takes you past Indians Head - but what if you go left?

 

[Fat Chance]

What if you go left at the top of the service road instead of right?

Obviously going right takes you past Indians Head - but what if you go left?

If you go left you end up running along the top you can see on the up (swing left again) and eventually hit a moody technical downhill section (bouncy heaven).

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[CityWest]

Walking the whole way round Ladybower beats Dovestone,the only thing is though you end up walking down the verge on the Snakepass on the way back-makes Dovestone seem very small when youve done that one.

Spot on mate. Ladybower is great. We used to do Dovestones and apart from the initial walk up the hill there's nothing interesting about it.

Kinder Scout from Hayfield is a good one. I still find the 'William Clough' route up a right tw*t!

Kinder scout from Hayfield is also a lovely walk especially if you decide to go up via Grindsbrook.

Going on Saturday to do the 'Bleaklow from Old Glossop' walk. It the one with the plane wreckage. My mate said it was really eeire up there.