Withens Clough and Stoodley Pike

A walk over to Withens Clough this morning was uneventful with 37 Canada Geese on the res but nothing else showing at all. The footpath along the dam wall is closed, as is the path down to Cragg Vale so I walked up to the Pike instead. After all the recent rain, it was very wet underfoot on all the paths as this pic of the path to The Pike shows:

It is the hill itself that is called Stoodley Pike rather than the monument, but most people call the monument Stoodley Pike or just "The Pike" and so the hill and the monument have become synonymous.

Down the Pennine Way conditions were just as wet and when I got to the stream that runs down Stoodley Clough there was so much water coming down it was covering the stepping stones.

I managed to get over with dry feet though (thanks to the new boots!).