A popular walk to see the rest of former US Air Force bomber that crashed in 1948.

Une randonnée assez fréquenté pour voir les restes de l’ancien avion de l’armée américaine qui s’est écrasé en 1948.

This circular hike starts from Manor Park in the village of Glossop. Only the first climb is a bit hard but once up the way is practically flat for quite a while. The descent can also be difficult for people who have knee pain because there is not really a path (or we have not found it). From the top you will have a magnificent view over Glossop valley. At least that’s what I think because unfortunately for us it was foggy when we did this hike and we could not see much during the climb.

Cette randonnée circulaire part de Manor Park dans le village de Glossop. Seul la première montée est un peu dure mais une fois en haut le chemin est pratiquement plat pendant un bon moment. La descente peut également s’avérer difficile pour les gens qui ont mal aux genoux car il n’y a pas vraiment de chemin (ou alors nous ne l’avons pas trouvé). Depuis le haut vous aurez une magnifique vue sur la vallée de Glossop. Du moins c’est ce que je pense car malheureusement pour nous il y avait du brouillard quand nous avons fait cette randonnée et nous n’avons pas pu voir grand chose dans la montée.

It seems that there would be an airplane carcass to see also not very far from the top of Higher Shelf Stones. This aircraft is a former US Air Force bomber that crashed in 1948. Some walkers say they saw ghosts around the aircraft. We did not see any plane or ghosts even though with this fog it was a perfect atmosphere for ghosts. Too bad, next time maybe. 

Il paraît qu’il y aurait une carcasse d’avion à voir aussi pas très loin du sommet de Higher Shelf Stones. Cet avion serait un ancien bombardier de l’US Air Force qui se serait craché en 1948. Certains marcheurs racontent avoir vu des fantômes dans les environ de l’avion. Nous n’avons vu ni avion ni fantômes pourtant avec ce brouillard c’était une ambiance parfaite pour des fantômes. Dommage, une prochaine fois peut être.

In spite of this weather, we were not the only ones to try the adventure and we even crossed two people with bikes. The brave ones, I already had difficulty to climb the first hill by myself so I would not have seen me climbing it pushing a bike in addition.

Malgré ce temps, nous n’étions pas les seuls à tenter l’aventure et nous avons même croisé deux personnes en vélo. Les courageux j’ai déjà eu du mal à monter la première colline et je ne me serais surement pas vu la monter en poussant un vélo en plus.

So here are the key steps to do this hike: 

Donc voici les étapes clés pour faire cette randonnée:

• From Manor Park parking, cross the park, pass the cafe and toilets and exit on Manor Park Road. Turn left onto this street and go up to Shepley Street. Take this street and continue straight until the asphalt road ends. Continue on the dirt road. There is a small farm that sells 6 eggs for £1, we took some back home after the walk. They were very good;
• Arrived at a gate take the small gate on the left, which goes up to the top of the hill. Crossed the fields by following the path until arriving at the top. Once up, always go straight until the two slopes of the mountain meet;
• Once the river disappear a little bit, you have to cross it (there is a small path but not very visible) to go towards Higher Shelf Stones. Once in Higher Shelf Stones you will have a wonderful view on the other side of the mountain;
• Turn right at Higher Shelf Stones and go down the mountain. It is there that it becomes a bit difficult because there is not a clear path and it is at a guess. Keep going down until you reach the farm Mossy Lea Farm (on the left) then take the same path to reach your car. 

Do you know this hike?

Connaissez vous cette randonnée?