Mam Tor National Trust Walk

We decided we wanted to walk on Mam Tor during the holidays and after consulting the weather forecast decided on Tuesday. However, the best laid plans etc and we ended up changing it to Monday. I didn’t realise it was a bank holiday because, well, my brain is on holiday too, but decided to go anyway but try and get there early. We set off at 8:00 and it takes just over an hour to get there and it was cold at -1 and what was worse was that it was foggy. I am trying to only walk up hills if there is a view at the top and in fog it was going to be unlikely. Oh well, we were psyched up for it so carried on. In fact it wasn’t too bad. The fog lifted to allow some views and we started off before the multitude arrived after finding space to park in the national trust car park at Mam Nick. Even with a gps device we managed to take the wrong route but which actually turned out better because the paved path to the top of Mam Tor was icy and there was definitely fog up there. We ended up skirting around Mam Tor and apart from some very slippery sticky mud in one bit we had a nice walk. It wasn’t far, but was enough for a cold and dreary day. It was really nice to get back after lunch and have a hot bath, a hot cup of tea and come down to the log burner glowing away. The National Trust walk details and map can be found here