Robin Hood's Stride

Last night there was more snow: about 4 inches or so. We decided to walk from home and avoid driving.
Leaving home, we past through Winster Churchyard and through the land behind Oddo House.

 

Cratcliff Tor

 
 

Robin Hood's Stride

After crossing the road, we followed a path through a field onto a track which is part of the Limestone Way long distance footpath. We followed this past the road into Elton and down to the gateway leading to Robin Hood's Stride and Cratcliff Tor.
We followed the track up towards the large gritstone rocks of Robin Hood's Stride and wandered around the rocks from where there were views across to the village of Elton and in the opposite direction the stone circle known as “Nine Stones” even though only four are still standing.

 "Nine Stones" Stone Circle from Robin Hood's Stride

 Elton from Robin Hood's Stride

We dropped back down the track to the road and after walking along the road for a short distance, passed a stile and then walked uphill on the rough pasture to another stile with a junction of paths. We followed a path which led past a ruined building with old dates inscribed on one wall which is made of a large slab of natural stone.

 Dates carved in a rock

 

Robin Hood's Stride in the Distance

Continuing onwards along the side of a hillside with views across to Winster, we again passed over a stile into a small field with a barn in the next field where some emus and sheep were eating hay.

 Emus

Next we followed a route signposted back to Winster and along pasture with an old gritstone path laid across boggy land by lead miners in the past to assist there walks to and from work.

 Looking across to Winster

After passing kids out sledging in the snow down the sloping field, we followed the path and then side road leading past the village shop back into Winter Main Street and home.
I wore my Icepeak X-Treme trousers, Rab Vapour Rise jacket and Contour Navigator boots.