Thursday October 20th

 Shining Tor, The Cat and Fiddle and Errwood

The MWIS weather forecast had been a little over-optimistic and the Met Office suggested that there'd be heavy rain shortly after 11, but we decided that it we'd have a relatively short walk somewhere close by. That would usually be one of the "old faithfuls", either Chinley or Shining Tor and we decided on the latter. On arrival at the Pym Chair car park only two other cars were parked and the mist was down fairly low. Nevertheless, we decided to have a walk, at least to the summit of Shining Tor. On arrival at the trig point, we met a young woman, her parents and her dog- her parents had come up from Bristol and had been promised great views... but even so, they had enjoyed their walk up from the Cat and Fiddle. As the weather was more or less dry, we decided to go on to The Cat for a coffee; we sat out in their outdoor seating area and ate our lunch with the coffees.

As the weather was still more or less OK (a very light rain falling) we decided to return via Shoter's Clough and Errwood rather than retracing our steps via Shining Tor and we were rewarded (sort of) with a (sort of) view.

The Errwood Valley and Foxlow Edge
Having waked down Shooter's Clough we worked our way back up to The Tors and back down to Pym Chair. 
The view back down to Errwood from The Tors
As there weren't many photos, here's the OS Maps flythrough representation of the walk:

In the end, a very enjoyable walk, made very atmospheric by the weather!

8.4 miles, 450m ascent.


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