Dramatic images show aftermath of devastating fire on Greater Manchester moor

Crews have tackled two fires near Blackstone Edge in two days

Manchester Evening News

Robin Hood’s Bed: Erosion, Myths, and Grouse Shooters’ Wine

Our return journey across the M62 was, unsurprisingly, rather more foggy than the outward. This, coupled with a smidgen of common sense, deterred any whim to revisit Blackstone Edge. Thus, I here is instead another photograph from yesterday’s wander, of the rock formation bearing the pretentious title of “Robin Hood’s Bed” or, to vary the absurdity ...

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#BlackstoneEdge #Pennines #folklore

Robin Hood’s Bed: Erosion, Myths, and Grouse Shooters’ Wine

Our return journey across the M62 was, unsurprisingly, rather more foggy than the outward. This, coupled with a smidgen of common sense, deterred any whim to revisit Blackstone Edge. Thus, I here i…

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The Aiggin Stone: a Resilient Guidepost of Blackstone Edge

On a damp, somewhat joyless morning, we embarked on a foray up Blackstone Edge, detouring briefly from the misery of the M62 to scale this Pennine hill. Past the summit trig. point and “Robin Hood’s Bed”—an erratic boulder unceremoniously perched there as though in mockery—we came upon the Aiggin Stone, a relic with pretensions of history that some mig ...

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#BlackstoneEdge #Pennines #mediaeval

The Aiggin Stone: a Resilient Guidepost of Blackstone Edge

On a damp, somewhat joyless morning, we embarked on a foray up Blackstone Edge, detouring briefly from the misery of the M62 to scale this Pennine hill. Past the summit trig. point and “Robin Hood’…

Out & About ...
This always reminds me of the film Troll Hunter so I always refer to it in my head as "Troll Country" #TrollHunter #BlackstoneEdge #pylons