johnnychips
Established Member
I was on the High Peak Trail above Carsington near Matlock today. To the east I could identify a line of hills clearly, with two peaks sticking out. I took bearings, and they turned out to be the Wrekin, and the line of hills near Church Stretton.
However, a puzzle: there were a distinct line of hills to the south-east, not particularly high, which I thought might be Cannock Chase, but on returning home I found this is the wrong direction. The bearing I took looked towards Swadlincote, but the land around there isn’t particularly high. Unfortunately my phone camera didn’t take good images; also the map I have to try and take bearings over a long distance doesn’t have contours. If anybody is interested in trying to work out where it was, the bearing was 165 degrees from Longcliffe, west of Matlock.
Now we can travel again, I hope we get some more contributions to one of the most interesting threads on the forum.
However, a puzzle: there were a distinct line of hills to the south-east, not particularly high, which I thought might be Cannock Chase, but on returning home I found this is the wrong direction. The bearing I took looked towards Swadlincote, but the land around there isn’t particularly high. Unfortunately my phone camera didn’t take good images; also the map I have to try and take bearings over a long distance doesn’t have contours. If anybody is interested in trying to work out where it was, the bearing was 165 degrees from Longcliffe, west of Matlock.
Now we can travel again, I hope we get some more contributions to one of the most interesting threads on the forum.