Todmorden Bridestones

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 Route


I took the train to Todmorden. Unfortunately, I missed the direct connection and had to travel to Manchester - it would have been better to wait for the next direct train, they are every hour from Dewsbury. Its a steep but very pleasant walk up to Bridestones, I followed the route that OSMaps suggested. There are probably better options, making use of some of the well maintained footpaths.

Once at the trig point I rested in the beautiful sunlight before setting off to find a suitable bivvy point. The walk back the next morning was via some lovely footpaths to Hebden Bridge, joining the canal path and catching the train there.

Weather


This was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures hitting 29 degrees Celsius. I carried 5L of water and used the last drop just after breakfast. There was no rain or wind so perfect conditions for a bivvy.

Equipment

I managed to fit everything into the Quidian backpack but the 11.5kg was augmented by 5kg of water so the pack was performing sub optimally. 

Summary

The Pennines is stunning and certainly somewhere that I will be coming back to. There are no less than five stations that I could use and the options of combining two of them with hikes between is great. I have made the decision to be less precise in my descriptions of camping locations as I dont want to encourage fly campers.



Location: Bridestones Moor, Eastwood Rd, Todmorden OL14 8SA, UK

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