Carl Wark — Attraction in Sheffield

Going south…

The site itself stands out from nearby Higger Tor as having a distinct wall. It’s thought to be an Iron age fort. On site it gives good views, and is just a quick wander through the rocky path

But…… going south. Dangerous is the only word to describe it. I followed a distinct path south that soon started getting wet underfoot. The problems started when the path disappeared, then another path reappeared over to the side, heading down the hill, so I followed that

A path of sorts keeps reappearing and disappearing, and you wonder whether it is a deer or sheep trail. Eventually I and several others found ourselves by the wide stream at the bottom. I watched people stumble through the boggy streamside edge, and a young couple (bear in mind this is october, and they weren’t wearing cold weather clothes) try and ford the stream, which was much to wide to jump (they were ok and did make it over the stream after several attempts)

I went back up the hill and followed the OS path exactly as per their app, and eventually stumbled across another path, which wasn’t any better than the boggy paths I had been following before, but was higher up, albeit still boggy

My point to all this is, dont rely on the path south of Carl Wark as being like most of the well trodden very distinct other paths in this area. It’s really not. Often it is no different to walking across or through a bog, so either prepare accordingly, or don’t go. Don’t trust the map on this occasion, because the paths just...

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