We set off from the car park near Curbar Gap walking along the gritstone escarpment of White Edge. Last time we walked this route we had seen quite a few red deer on the large area moorland on Big Moor to the east when looking across from the trig point so we were watching out to see if we could spot any today.
We hadn't brought binoculars and as the bracken and heather was long, it wouldn't be easy to spot any deer but Karen saw some in the distance as they were on the horizon and they could be seen against the brightness of the sky.
Then a short distance northwards, we spotted around 50 red deer in a couple of grazing fields below us to the west in the area marked “Stoke Flat” on the map. They were grazing in the fields contentedly although one or two were keeping an eye on us. I wonder how many other people had passed along this path this morning and not noticed the deer?
We eventually arrived at the Longwood Estate and had some sandwiches for lunch in the National Trust café.
We made our way back along the other gritstone edge called Curbar Edge which is a well-known rock-climbing venue and then back to the car park.
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| Some of the Red Deer in the distance |
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| Crop of above photo |
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