Walking The Pennine Way When I Was Eleven - Stage 3 (Crowden to Marsden)
Start: Crowden Finish: Marsden Distance: 12 miles Total Distance Covered: 27 miles I was up at 7.45am the next morning for a breakfast of a vanilla drink concoction made from powder. We left the campsite at 9.20 and set off along the main path out of the valley. At some point we managed to drift off the official path and down to Crowden Great Brook. We walked up the brook itself which although not very fast-flowing was still awkward as we stepped over rocks. Eventually we found a way uphill away from the brook onto some marshy ground and then a further steady climb to the top of Black Hill. This is a barren wasteland of peat which is the highest point in Cheshire. Except for the trig point on top it's pretty featureless, although there isn't much "pretty" about it. There was low cloud by the time we approached the summit and visiblity was severely restricted. We were able to see a group of two adults and children a little...