start with grey but warm 17°C

Day 1, Thursday:I’ve got a mixed group of seven to assess on DofE Gold Expedition. Our job, as assessors was to supervise too because this was an Open Award trip. Their routes are basically an orbit of KinderScout. Today’s route is familiar and ends at Rowlee Farm Campsite.

Day 2, Friday: Rowlee to Glenbrook. Drizzly on the hills but clear and grey lower down.
This took the group over the dam and onto Derwent Edge. The tracker ran hours late so progress was more difficult to deduce. They’s missed a checkpoint with another staff. That turned out to be due to direction finding errors before the resevoir. Nevermind, they identified and fixed it themselves.

Day 3, Saturday: Glenbrook to Greenachres Camp via Kinder Scout’s south edge. A grey day with clear summits and comfortable temperatures.
I got onto the ridge from the Edale Youth Hostel. The tracks were confusing through the hostel grounds itself, and the climb steeper than others to the plateau.

Day 4: Sunday; Greenachres to finish via Jacob’s Ladder. Beautiful sunny day getting hot later. 16-24°C.
On the plateau, it was eay to see groups approaching from as far as 3km away with binoculars. I didn’t use the tracker this day having last faith in it.

The goats had this look on their faces as if we’d taken their resting place.

That was an excellent trip. I know this area quite well and feel at home. Some of the sites I’ve been to before. My group were delightful. The other staff were easy to get along with, we made a good team. I could do this every week