The
Kinder Scout
Plateau

the first pictures are of
 the Hayfield horseshoe in July 1999

 

approaching the
wild country on the edge
of the Plateau		 kinder-doe-1.jpg (7255 bytes)
the group was from
Southfield's School
Kettering		 training-doe-1.jpg (10824 bytes)
approaching our first top kinder-doe-2.jpg (5754 bytes)
some time was needed
to establish our
EXACT
position		 training-doe-3.jpg (10826 bytes)
three girls on a trig point !!! kinder-doe-3.jpg (5797 bytes)
then
one instructor		 kinder-doe-4.jpg (6677 bytes)
our first
good view of the downfall		 kinder-doe-5.jpg (14270 bytes)
the feeder stream
for the downfall		 kinder-doe-6.jpg (10828 bytes)
famous for its peat bogs

those that have not been
here before not realising
how lucky they were
to find them this dry

 kinder-doe-7.jpg (9380 bytes)
but some still had trouble
keeping upright		 kinder-doe-8.jpg (12787 bytes)
more party games
on trig points
we had finally
found a use for her

a kite flying gnome

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no, no, no
we are going to the camp site
in Hayfield
not Edale.

(they did not have these signs
when I walked the Pennine way)

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two other & older
Kinder pictures include

Kinder Scout
bog trotting
plateau.jpg (15266 bytes) on a drier spot on
the  Kinder Plateau

 

and
Kinder Scout in winter

 

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 Kinder downfall

in rare January snow

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 Kinder downfall

in even rarer January snow
&
sun
(picture was actually taken same day as above picture)

more pictures of Kinder Scout in Winter

 

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English mountain index

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