Berry Mill Scammonden Water RFM Blue Line Walking with Peter.
Berry Mill Scammonden Water RFM Blue Line Walking with Peter. 17/07/26 We were here because our planned walk to Cracken Edge had to be postphoned because of a fire near Dunford Bridge which meant we could not use the A628 to get to Glossop and the alternate routes are just too long. This is the first foray, since the Pennine Way walks into this area, between Todmorden and Ripponden north of the M62. Its a strangely unknown area to me and I am looking forward to exploring it. From the car park we headed up the hill to Camp Hill then down towards Spring Royd farm where we held up by an old lady who was encouraging the heavily milk laden cows into the milking parlour. She and the cows looked physically challenged, her hips were not good and the cows were not much better. We had a chat and she was lovely, enquiring of our route and generally being really friendly. That was an excellent start to the day. Leaving the farmyard the little goats scampered on the wall and a friendly ...