Walk on Stanton Moor

Karen had BCA and OCC 60th Anniversary Document to do plus the weather forecast wasn't very good so she stayed at home while I headed towards Birchover and onto Stanton Moor. I followed a path leading past the Reform Tower and on to the Nine Ladies Stone Circle. After some photos I headed via the trig point towards the small quarry near the Cork Stone and had some tea from my flask.
Afterwards I followed the path down to Birchover popping out opposite the Druid Inn. I decided to have a look around Rowtor Rocks behind the pub and had my lunch of cheese and pickle sandwiches there. This ia a curious place with all sorts of carvings and even hollowed-out boulders made into rooms. Following the path past the Old Vicarage and near Rocking Stone Farm I then headed down to the road and followed the track up to Robin Hood's Stride where I clambered up to sit in a sheltered spot at the foot of one of the large upright blocks at the top. While finishing off my flask of tea I watched a bank of drizzle move in and then headed back down the track to the road and retraced my way back up the path from the road to a junction with another path which I then followed towards Birchover.




There was a ruined building of some sort with on gable wall made from a large upright boulder which had inscriptions from the 18th and 19th centuries. I followed the path until I reach Birchover Lane and then followed Clough Lane back to where I had previously joined the lane and back into the fields leading back to the footpath bringing you into Main Street in Winster opposite home.