Kinder Scout Circular Walk via Peak District Jacobs Ladder

On Good Friday, we headed for Edale in the Peak District to complete a Kinder Scout circular walk. Starting properly at the Old Nags Head, which is also the starting point of the epic Pennine Way which stretches from Edale in the Peak District up to the Scottish Borders... and some of the trail we'd walk on in this easy Peak District Walk, we ascended via Herdman's Plantation, a hydration stop at The Nab, another stop at Ringing Roger (or the Echoing rocks) and finally up to Nethor Tor. We followed the Peak District ridge walk west through Upper Tor and Edale Moor. We decided to skip the detour out to Grindslow Knoll as it looked very busy, but once at Crowden Clough which our book told us to hike down, we decided to do a little route planning of our own. We instead continued further West and without knowing we were going to, found ourselves in the otherworldly Kinder Scout Woolpacks and onto Noe Stool or Kinder Low. We descended via Kinder Scout Jacobs Ladder which was nice on my knees. Once off the plateau, we passed through Upper Booth and farmland to get back to the Edale Village Hall Car Park but first, with an all important stop at the pub for dinner! With its dramatic scenery, I imagine this is one of the best walks in the Peak District National Park and based on the number of dogs we saw out walking this trail too, I bet it's an excellent Peak District dog walk too.

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0:00 Intro
1:00 Walk Begins
1:56 Uphill Climb
6:15 Grindslow Knoll
8:42 Crowden Tower
10:08 Kinder Scout Woolpacks
12:42 Kinder Low?
13:06 Jacob's Ladder
14:06 Packhorse Bridge
15:00 Return through the valley
17:35 Thoughts?