For a change this Moors route doesn't start from the Chop Gate Village Hall. Parking by the side of the raod in this layby.
Heading uphill along a track and through farmland, woodland and an easy path through bracken. To the Bride Stones and the cairn previously visited in the Chop Gate to Nab End tour.
Parking by side of the road in a layby, leaving Tiggy on her own. I've passed by here quite a few times and there are normally always other cars here.
From the side of the road looking north is the hill in the distance this route is to take us up to.
Head along long the side of the road north for around 100m to this junctione where a gravel track leads up to Hill End Farm, this is where we are heading.
Follow the track uphill.
A closer view of the hill we will be heading to with Hill End Farm in the foreground.
As I approached the farm there were a few signs asking to disinfect boots before heading further. To make things easier I avoided the farm altogether and took a path to the right which led to this barely noticeable stile headind into a wooded area.
The path through the woods is short but steep.
On the other side of the woods and through a couple of fields.
At this signpost head a little to the right following the dip in the ground on the right of this pic.
This leads you to a short path through some woods.
After clearing the woods its then a grassy path through some bracken - easier than normal thankfully.
It is a steep path through the bracken, take a break and checkout the view over to Bilsdale Moor. The hillside in the distance was part of the Chop Gate to Bilsdale Tour.
A little further uphill and the bracken clears and it's back to grassy paths and moorland. At this point the Cairn just above the Bride Stones is visible at the top of the hill.
Follow the track uphill for a closer look at the Bride Stones.
One quick look at the cairn visited on an earlier tour (Chop Gate to Nab End Moor).
This was the view form the very top, looking back down the valley. The Bride Stones are just out of view below the cairn.
A look in the opposte direction at the track which takes you over Nab End Moor back to the tracks covered in other Chop Gate treks.
With the Bride Stones visited it was just a case of retracing my steps back the way I came, this time downhill!
