Strines Inn, Derwent, Moscar

Date: 29 August 2010
Area: West of Sheffield
Distance: 10.2 Miles 16.4 K
Start Location: Car Park at Strines Inn. (Strines Bridge Car Park out of use at present)
OS Sheet: Explorer OL24
Grid Ref: SK 2226 9059
Outline Strines Bridge, Bradfield Gate Head, Hancock Wood, Derwent Reservoir, Grindle Clough, Moscar House

For GPX file see Every Trail



Route

These notes are provided to enable the walk to be plotted on a 1 : 25,000 map. They are not walking instructions.

As the car park by Strines Bridge is out of use while large scale logging operations are going on we parked in the back car park at the pub having ask the bar staff first.

Follow the road downhill to Strines Bridge and take the track (Foulstone Road) up the side of the moor to Brad Field Head Gate. Go straight over heading for Bamford House. At the wall turn left steeply downhill through Hancock Wood to pick up the Reservoir side track. Head south past Derwent Dam then just after the bridge over Mill Brook take the track to the left all the way to the top of the ridge and straight over to Moscar House, go up the unclassified road turn left and back to Strines Inn

Journey

What a day, once again this was planned as a slightly different walk, of about 12 miles, but the mornings horrendous rain and the high winds that persisted long after the rain stopped caused us to amend the route somewhat. Funnily enough we have walked similar routes from Stines three times over the last five years and every time we’ve had rain.

At least it gave the waterproofs a good work out, I put my over trousers on the right way this time and the Paramo Velez AL was pretty good as it was the heaviest rain I’ve been in wearing it. I did feel a little damp, which could have been sweat, it dried out quickly once the rain stopped.

There were plenty of people, walking and cycling about especially along the reservoir side track. One cyclist actually had a bell and used to give a bit of warning, why can’t all the bloody others.

The Derwent and Lady Bower water levels were well down, as a result there was quite a lot of the ruins of  Derwent Village showing.

When we got back to Strines Inn it was packed and impressively large meals and puddings were being served, unfortunately they won’t do a portion of chips on their own, you have a sandwich with it. Shame.