Day 1 Edale to Crowden

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• What a fabulous day to start a challenge with the sun shining and not too hot. Well the Pennine way throws you straight in at the deep end with a really tough walk and quite a lot of ascent. We now know what we have got ourselves into. 
• Having left Edale we passed through sheep pastures with the hills and crouching closer and closer. 
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• We have the odd cow but nothing to concern us 
  
  
  
• The path soon arrives at the picture bridge at the foot of Jacobs ladder.
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• This is the first stiff climb of the walk up to the towering rocks.
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• It’s not the easiest to terrain to walk on
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• But worth the effort.
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• We reach the kinder scout trig point we can hear curlews whistle away but the claim fame is so-called right to roam 1932. It was a scene of a mass trespass in which thousands of people demonstrated their belief that the wild land should be accessible to all by marching across the plateau, it took a while but the event eventually led to the national parks and access to the countryside act of 1949 
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• Kirsty admires the impressive outcrops of gritstone Kinder Downfall there wasn’t much water cascade down the edge and there was no wind so we didn’t see the upward waterfall
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• From Kinder River, 
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• we wander along the edge then Head with views to kinder reservoir 
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• We head towards Bleaklow via snake pass and Devil’s Dyke we can see our route ahead
  
  
  
•  luckily now there are many slabs over the bog which while it’s a bit of a slog it’s so much better than it would’ve been. 
• Merlin looks back at where the girls are coming from 
  
  
  
  
  The walk is now on tricky terrain
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• The exit from bleaklow isn’t obvious but a stone block guide post pointed away and it’s mostly downhill now to Torside reservoir. It’s still two hours away, but we follow Clough edge a lofty path with great views down to the destination
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From Torside reservoir we  have the 2 mile detour to our accommodation Windy Harbour Farm  
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So day 1 done, tired legs and while tomorrow is slightly less miles the height gain is similar so no pushover. 

Finally a huge thank you as our total raised is now over £8k

Good night for now comments welcome