Upper Storrs RFM Blue Line Walking with Peter

 

Upper Storrs 

RFM Blue Line 

Walking with Peter

23/01/26



On a dank late January day we set off in the gloom of Hoylandswaine for a walk in the beautiful countryside between Penistone and Silkstone.
The first issue was arriving at the parking spot which was also the school drop off spot. I didn't think of the timing so we were crowded by parents but still managed to find a couple of parking spots.

We followed the lane along the bottom of Hoylandswaine.   

This puddle was deep and wide. Luckily as we passed no vehicles passed to splash us.




We left the lane and crossed Pye Flats to the main road.

The A628 at this point is wide and the traffic rapid so crossing the road was a bit scary.



The route became very wet and slippy. The valley in the woods took a little negotiating to avoid becoming a muddy mess.
Out of the valley towards Warren Royd the wide field was a muddy morass. Not surprising we were not passing any other walkers or dog walkers and we didn't on any part of this route.


We headed over Kine Moor now just farmland. This is a wonderful place to be even in the depth of a wet winter with odd architectural remnants, ultra green fields, mud and the ever present pylons.
We crossed another wooded valley at Lindley Wood slipping and sliding up and down the slopes and in fact paddling along a winter stream, which should have been a path, out of the valley.

More mud heading towards Low Storrs which looks unoccupied.


We followed the lane towards Upper Storrs on the horizon below the pylon but our way was in the opposite direction.





We crossed another slippery little valley and headed up quite a steep sharp incline towards the railway.



We crossed the railway and had a joke about putting our heads against the rail to listen for trains like we did when we were kids copying the Lone Ranger. We speculated that the catchphrase Kemosabe might be none PC but I googled it later and found its OK meaning 'trusted friend' in Ojibwe a native american language. How cool is that? Anyway the train as if by magic appeared so I took a photo.




Four Lane Ends appears through the gloom.



We rested on Liam's bench a poignant reminder of the fragility of life.


The view from the bench was lovely even in the gloom.



We followed the path along the contour up the valley with Penistone Church sticking out of the mist in the distance. I no longer have any feelings of home for Penistone which surprises me a little.


We join the Trans Pennine Trail and head off up to Jockey Hill through really wet muddy fields.


Crossing the A629 road we pass close to this curious assemblage of buildings but though I am closer than I have ever been they still do not easily make any sense.


This is a lovely area and for me the pylons do not detract too much, you just have to accept their presence.
We can see the summit of the hill in the distance but this walk does not go there.


We cross a runoff stream through more marshy grass land to High Royd Farm.

The lane heads towards the busy A628 across the high land.



There are views in all directions but its too murky to appreciate them.
Finally we get back to Hoylandswaine.
Crossing the back of the houses the path is a river. 
Its high up so the views are good.


In no time at all we are walking past the church and school to our cars.

A slightly shorter walk than recent ones but at 769 feet ascent there was plenty of uphill. The stiles in this area are not very friendly and the paths in the main good but occasionally neglected as if the farmer does not want us on his land. I find that beef and dairy farmers are normally the ones who discourage walkers. 
Upper Storrs by the way is just the name of a farm we circumnavigate not the area. It is a rural beauty spot and should encourage modern tourism to benefit the whole area.

OS Map
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