Barnsley Boundary - Finished at Last

The last two legs of the walk were completed a few days apart, the seventh leg from Langsett to Winscar was only 5.7 miles but covered some rough ground. From Langsett we followed the path alongside the reservoir then green lanes through the woods and pennine meadows round to the Dog and Partridge on the A628.

Approaching Dog and Partridge

From there we took a moorland path parallel with the road to the highest point of the entire walk then struck across the moors to Windleden Reservoirs accompanied by the 'crrrrl' sound of curlews. A short walk down the road took us to the finish at Winscar Reservoir.
A few days later we began the final stage from here first up to the bleak environs of Harden then via pleasant lanes and pennine meadows down to Hepworth village.

Approaching Hepworth

A lane took us round the outskirts of the village then deposited us right in the centre. We followed the route  down through fields to a small wooded valley with a stream then up steeply to Low Common. The route then incorporates some road work along drystone walled lanes past Broadstones Reservoir and Ingbirchworth Reservoir before taking to fields to approach Ingbirchworth village and the finish some six months after starting.

Looking back from Low Common

Nearly finished!