Edale Trip: The Kinder Egg Walk

Text contributed by Kate; pics by Simon and Lou.

The Kinder Egg walk on Friday 26th April came about because I’d never walked the “back” (northern) edge of Kinder Scout and this seemed like a fun (albeit slightly bonkers) way to do it. Luckily, some mad people decided to come along with me.

It involved walking up on to the Kinder Plateau and all the way around the edge with detours to visit Kinder’s three trig points (that bit was Simon’s idea) before coming back down by the same route, about 20 miles and approximately 1000 m of ascent in total.

The walk wasn’t egg shaped – it was dubbed the Kinder Egg walk because Lisa automatically associated the word “Kinder” with chocolate eggs. So we took a Kinder Egg with us (because why not?!). It makes an appearance in some of the group photos.

Ten hardy IOGers and a Kinder Egg set off from the cottage in the early morning sunshine.

We made our way clockwise around the plateau, crossing the top of Grindsbrook Clough.

…and Johnny successfully battled the bog (the rest of us just went round it!)…

…before we reached the first trig point at Kinder Low.

Clouds began to gather as we carried on up the western side of the plateau and we did have a few snow flurries as the day went on.

Trig point 2 was successfully located, even though it was off the path.

The northern edge of the plateau gave us spectacular views and rock formations…

After a Cadbury’s Creme Egg break to give us all a boost (because, let’s be honest, they’re better than Kinder Eggs), we stomped over moss and heather…

…to reach trig point 3, where everyone still managed a smile after nearly 16 miles. We went back to the edge and carried on round via Crookstone Knoll…

…to eventually reach the path we’d come up on. Ten hardy IOGers and a Kinder Egg arrived back at the cottage just in time for dinner.

Thanks to everyone who joined me on this walk – you were all fabulous company and the egg really enjoyed its special day out!