Walk d236 Higher Shelf Stones from Old Glossop

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7¼mls (11.5km)
Ascent:	1,526ft (465m)
Time:	4¼hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk d236:

Old Glossop  -  Shittern Clough  -  Lightside  -  Yellow Slacks  -  Dowstone Clough  -  Dog Rock  -  Higher Shelf Stones  -  James's Thorn  -  Doctors Gate Path  -  Shelf Brook  -  Moss Lea Farm  -  Old Glossop

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The plane wreckage 150m north-east of Higher Shelf Stones belongs to a Boeing RB-29A Superfortress No. 44-61999 which crashed about 11am on 3rd November 1948 while descending through the clouds. All 13 crew members died. It belonged to the 16th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 91st Reconnaissance Group, 311th Air Division, Strategic Air Command, USAF.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

1 English Nuttall

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Higher Shelf Stones at 622m (2041ft). Higher Shelf Stones is also known as an English Nuttall (229th highest in England, 398th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Higher Shelf Stones is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d236 Higher Shelf Stones from Old Glossop

In no particular order . . .

Shire Hill from Old Glossop

Photo: Norman Howarth (1)

Plane Wreckage from the crashed flying fortress on Higher Shelf Stones.

Photo: Christine Shepherd (189)

*The Devils Dyke from Higher Shelf Stones

Photo: Kevin Lavelle (5)

Higher Shelf Stones summit trig point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (188)

The view from the summit of Higher Shelf Stones

Photo: Christine Shepherd (186)

Higher Shelf Stones

Photo: Norman Howarth (8)

The Doctors Gate path

Photo: Kevin Lavelle (4)

War time Graffiti on Higher Shelf Stones

Photo: Christine Shepherd (187)

Fire Damage on Yellowslacks

Photo: Norman Howarth (2)

The Northern Edge of Kinder Scout taken from Higher Shelf Stones, looking SW to the Snake Pass (A57).

Photo: Judi Friend (1)

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