[davemac]

Today in Pictures, a place that draws me back, striding through the valley of stone.

1. Heading past the reservoirs we start the climb uphill.
2. An abandoned farmhouse on the way up.
3. At the top of the climb, a complex of buildings to process the stone quarried from the hill, you can make out the stone base that houses a steam engine to process the stone, its to the right of the buildings below the hole in the wall.
4. Another steam engine foundation, this is next to the pond so could be to pump water to the cutting machines.
5. This is the hub of the operation, I am standing on the "Tramway" this was used to get the stone moved around the area and off the hill.
6. Looking down on Calf Hey and Ogden reservoirs, with Helmshore in the distance.
7. Part of the Tramway, looking at the spoil piles, these piles cover the top of the hill, and are now covered in part with grass, moss and heather.
8. A drop in altitude, almost back at water level, many streams feed the top end of Calf Hey Reservoir.
9. Spotted this in passing, not sure what it's about, but you have to walk a long way to get here.
10. Heading back to the car,the climb we did on the right, we then walked the ridge to the far right and down at the other end of the reservoir.