Group Walking Weekend to the Peak District

Saturday Morning was an earlier start than usual as the car park we were going to gets full quickly. After breakfast in the communal kitchen we set off to Gradbach car park to undertake a 7.5 mile walk from Gradbach (led by Paul) starting with a steep climb to get good views of Shutlingsloe (known as the Matterhorn of the Peaks) before dropping down into Wildboarclough. There we visited the local Church before a steep climb out of the village to cross the moors and down to Three Shires Head, so called because it is the meeting of Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire. In a few short steps you have been in all three counties. That was a good place for lunch. From there it was a short climb out of the valley then field paths and river paths back to the car park. Then it was back to the Youth Hostel. Saturday night saw several of our group go to the local village pub for a meal whilst the rest stayed at the hostel and finished off the leftovers from the Jacobs join. When the pub goers had returned the evening was spent socialising in one of the various lounges, even a game of scrabble was played.