After following the flat track which follows one side of the reservoir, we left it to walk along the very beautiful Abbey Brook Valley.
It was a very warm and humid day with temperatures around 25ยบ C and it was nice to meet cooler air the higher we climbed and also a bit of a breeze.
We eventually reached a path paved with large limestone slabs which we followed north to the small top called Lost Lad which has a Pantograph on top next to a large cairn, which gave the names and directions of various hills and peaks which could be seen from this point. The air was nice and clear and we had good views of Kinder Scout with Fairbrook Naze standing out particularly, the Great Ridge dividing the Edale nd Hope Valleys and many other hills. Karen even spotted Mininglow in the distance and its little group of trees on top.
From here we dropped down a bit and then up, again on a slabbed section of path to reach the large gritstone tor called Back Tor which is surmounted by a trig point column. This must be being maintained by someone or other because it appeared to have a fresh coat of white paint, We clambered up on the rocks of the tor to benefit from the cool breeze as much as possible and eat our lunch but we spotted a group of wasps which were flying in and out of a small circular hole at the base of the trig point column so we sat a short distance away.
After finishing lunch, we clambered back down from the high point and again continued on the slabbed path which continues along the rest of Derwent Edge, to reach a crossroads with a second slabbed path which leads from Derwent Reservoir to Strines in the direction of Sheffield.
Her we turned left and followed the path as it turned in a large curve and then began to drop down towards another small valley with a stream which feed Derwent Reservoir. This brought us back onto the reservoir track not too far from Derwent Dam and then back to the car park.
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