215: Pule Hill, Black Moss and Butterley Reservoirs (Peak District and South Pennines 2023)
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2023
- PEAK DISTRICT AND SOUTH PENNINES WALK FEATURING PULE HILL, BLACK MOSS AND BUTTERLEY RESERVOIRS
"Pule Hill, Black Moss and Butterley Reservoirs”
Filmed 28th August 2023
Post-production completed 14th September 2023
Filmed in the Peak District and a small part of the South Pennines in the Borough of Oldham in the county of Greater Manchester. Locations include Brun Clough Reservoir, Standedge Cutting, Redbrook Reservoir, Black Moss Reservoir, Swellands Reservoir, Wessenden Reservoir, Blakeley Reservoir, Butterley Reservoir, Marsden and Pule Hill.
Written, presented, researched, directed, camera and sound, edited and music by Patrick Leach.
Special thanks to Huddersfield Exposed and Wessex Archaeology for their information used in my research for this film.
Click here for a map showing the route of the walk: explore.osmaps.com/route/1804...
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As with all the films I make, this is not actually intended to be an extensive guide to the area. This is a mini-movie of my personal journey along the walk, in which I often share some of my own personal stories.
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Beautiful and scenic walk. Thanks for the upload!😊
Glad you enjoyed it Richard, many thanks 👍
Goodly collection of reservoirs there! Great vid as always Patrick, thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it Nuinmar, thanks as always for watching 👍
thanks Patrick for another delightful walk.the views were amazing.and as usual more relaxing music.cannot wait for another fantastic video.👍👍❤️❤️
Glad you enjoyed it Shane, thanks as always for your comments and for taking the time to watch 👍
Hi Patrick, Thank you again for another wonderful walk, the scenery was breath taking down the valley, it looked very muddy in places and uneven to walk, so pleased you managed to stay on your feet. thank you again regards Dave & Jean.
Morning Dave and Jean, glad you enjoyed this walk. I loved the scenery in this one too, especially with all those reservoirs. It was very uneven in places, so you just have to take a bit more care there. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Wonderful walk,thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 👍
Loe it.A favourite .I wanted it to go on and on. Will watch it again. That's where most of us originate from apparently!
Lovely walk Patrick ...your walks make me want to get back to the Peaks as soon as I can👍🏻😁👍🏻
You should Wil when you can. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
As my walking days are over, it's a pleasure to join you on your walks, always informative and interesting, I wonder where you'll take me next 😀
I'm pleased you could join me and have been enjoying the walks, thanks for taking the time to watch 👍
Patrick.You visit places I have never been but should have and I visit now through you with interesting commentary and music. Really good!
Glad you enjoyed it Dennis, thanks for watching 👍
Another great walk Patrick. Another one to add to my ever expanding list 👌
Thanks Gavin for watching and commenting 👍
Another Fantastic Walk Patrick....I Do Love Walking By Water Be It Reservoirs Rivers Or Canals...And The Views At The End Were Stunning So Thank You For This ....Regards - Frank & Lee....
Glad you enjoyed it Frank and Lee, there sure were a load of reservoirs on this walk. Thanks as always for watching 👍
The shot of the reservoir in the distance between the valley was so picturesque. You really do know how to get some great shots of the scenery. I think for a bank holiday you did quite well avoiding crowds. I recall your walk around Marsden, it was a lovely place. I don't think those steps were steep enough though 😁 Some great reservoirs but always some tragedy has occurred. It's amazing in the pennines just how many have been killed in flooding. The Heather and ferns up there were a beautiful colour too. Glad your hat kept on your head on the hillside. Interesting trigg point too. Thank you as always Patrick. Really enjoyable
The scenery was fab wasn't it. There were quite a few walkers around if I recall, but I try as much as possible not to film other people. I'm so glad I didn't need to go down those steps! 😁 Yes the reservoirs often hold some tragic history and there are lots in the Pennines. I'm glad I got here whilst the heather was still purple, looked great. I sure needed to strap my hat on at the top of Pule Hill! 😀 Thanks as always Kelly for watching and commenting 👍
Good to see you again Patrick been a while !!! 🤣 another enjoyable walk
Sorry for the long delay in posting Russ! 🤣 Thanks for watching 👍
Beautiful scenery as always Patrick, there is just something about walking near water, thankyou again for taking us along 😊 have a good weekend.
Thanks Steph, yes i love walking beside water, it's very restful somehow. Thanks for watching and have a good weekend too 👍
Hi Patrick. Another stunning walk yet again. You really do have some lovely views. Have a lovely weekend and thanks for sharing. 😊👍📹
Many thanks as always Cath, glad you liked it. Have a lovely weekend too 👍
Thanks Patrick you too. 😊👍
Hello Patrick, thank you another lovely walk very pretty around there I am always amazed how quite it is .
Glad you enjoyed it Shaun. I try not to film other people on my walks, so many of them will appear quieter than they actually are. Thanks for watching 👍
More Pennine Way memories thanks Patrick, wonderful filming as usual.
Many thanks Steve 👍
Wonderful walking around that area Patrick...i love Marsden...so many great routes in all directions...Always been windy on my visits up onto Pule hill.....
Thanks Steve, yeah Pule Hill did have a slight breeze 😁 It's a great area as you know. All the best 👍
Great vid again Patrick . Un known Territory for us . Not able so glad you took us.. glad you put yr strap on yr hat or it would have gone over the hills and far away. Lovely watch at teatime. Thankyou Patrick lv Ali/R x
Thanks Ali and Ralph, I sure needed to strap the hat on, it was a bit breezy! 😁 Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Morning Patrick. Marsden is my absolute favourite place to walk. Your original 2015 Marsden walk was how I started watching your channel. Thanks for sharing Patrick, I will be walking this route this weekend👍🏻
Thanks Claire, nice to know Marsden was your starting point on my channel. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Lovely Walk Patrick Cheers
Thanks for watching 👍
Hi Patrick, really enjoyed this mornings' venture ..it is a lovely part of the world around Marsden & Slaithwaite. Keep them coming :o)
Thanks as always Steve for watching and commenting. Yes it's a lovely area around there 👍
Another great walk up in the northern parts Patrick. I am really going to have to get myself up there in the near future. I'd love to do the Pennine Way one day!
Thanks Leigh, yes it's a bit further away but a lovely area all the same. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍
Another beautiful hike, Patrick. I remember your recent Wesserden hike as I want to do a variation on it. It is nice that you don't have to hike to Peaks all the time to get beautiful views. I've really enjoyed it. It's nice that hills are marked with stone placements to show a top where there is no trig. It is sad to hear about the Black Flood. I wonder how many people were never found and their resting place is just in the valley. Thank you so much for sharing, Patrick.
Thanks Chris, there's lots to see in the Wessendey Valley, and I still missed a few things here. Those Marsden Moor posts are all over the place around there, btu it was interesting to find one acting as a trig point on Pule Hill. I've come across several reservoirs of late with sad histories. I'm sure lots of people were never accounted for in the valley. Thanks for watching Chris and for all your great comments. All the best 👍
Oh, and I've now subscribed! Keep up the good work, Patrick!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for your support 👍
My neck of the woods. Another good walk. South pennines worth exploring for sure. Delph and Denshaw. A nice cafe stop called Cavallo Coffee Box mid way through the walk 😊
Thanks for watching and commenting Phil. Good to know I was in your area 👍
Great stuff Patrick. I'm not familiar with that area, but it looks very inviting. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching John. Not an area I'm too familiar with either, but certainly is beautiful 👍
Catch up over the weekend Patrick. The title sounds good. Mark
Cheers Mark, have a good one 👍
@@solitaryrambler Pleasure Patrick. Peace.
Cracking film as always. It's an area I've yet to explore but looks great!!!
Many thanks for your kind words and for watching. Yeah a bit further afield, but definitely worth exploring 👍
I never tire of re-visiting my childhood playground. We would walk up from Diggle and play all over these moors, including swimming from the sandy beach at Blackmoss. I think you missed the waterfall you didn't see on your Wessenden walk, but it was probably nothing more than a trickle in August. Thanks for a lovely film Patrick.
This is a lovely childhood playground for you Michael. I did miss that waterfall which I knew I would as it was slightly out of my way on this route. It was a great route all the same. Thanks for watching and for your support 👍
Hallo Patrick
Ist das aber eine ewige Weite!! herrliche Aussicht, egal wohin man schaut. Dort kann man sich einfach wunderbar entspannen, schön ❤
Danke Patrick für deine Mühe und diesem wunderschönen Video 💕
Bis zum nächsten Mal 😉👍👍
Thank you for watching 👍
This is a real great moorland walk Patrick. That way marking post stone with the inscription looks to be fairly old, I would say. The flagged path looks good to walk on rather than crossing boggy ground - that was a real good job done there! The reservoirs that supply both the canal and the public water supply seemed to be pretty well topped up. That Butterley Spillway looks very impressive, indeed. Pule Hill has some fantastic views from it, then there are those fantastic rock formations around that area. Most excellent walk, Patrick, and many thanks for this video production.
Cheers Ffranc. There are lots of moorland paths, especially where the Pennine Way goes, that are flagged now, so definitely a good job. The spillway looks great doesn't it and the views from Pule Hill were amazing. Glad you enjoyed it Ffranc, thanks as always for watching and commenting 👍
Yet another fine walk Patrick. From the top of Pule hill you can see the 600ft deep ventilation shafts of the 3 mile Standage runnel between Diggle and Marsden on the trans pennine railway line between Manchester and Leeds.
Thanks Alan for commenting and for taking the time to watch. Yes I passed one of the shafts on this walk 👍
Once again we have walked similar places from Bruncliff and Butterley Reservoirs (good shots there). Black Moss we had lunch break nearn Swellands Reservoir on Wessendale Valley Walk. All lovely areas to walk.I liked the routes you followed. Its good to introduce this area in repertoire of locations. Liked the combination of synths with piano arpeggios.
Thanks Shanita. I remember your video of the Wessenden Valley. As you know this is a beautiful walk, a new one for me which made it more appealing too. My score here was a variation on the theme I created for my earlier Wessenden film. Thanks for your great comments and for taking the time to watch 👍
@@solitaryrambler I've never done variations of my music. Sounds like a good idea than starting from scratch. Might try it out.
ALWAYS windy up Pule hill, its a good walk you done there. There is a flooded shaft you may have passed....Martin Zero put a go pro down that shaft, oh my a bit scarey. It is meant to be fenced off but last time i was up there with my dogs a chunk of fence was down 😮. 🐾🐾🐾😊
Glad you enjoyed it. Martin Zero? Thanks for watching 👍
another great walk Patrick done this area for years glad you liked the walk ,have you tried castleshaw upper res ,and lower res and castleshaw moor not far from your walk near pule hill. Thanks for todays walk
Thanks for watching and commenting. Not done the walk you mention 👍
great video pat,i,ve been all around that area apart from black moss and swellands,but now i have my bearings as to how far they are from brun clough i will visit in the near future,cheers pat.
Thanks for watching and commenting Ken. I guessed you'd probably be familiar with this area, hope you get to Black Moss and Swellands soon. All the best 👍
Another enjoyable walk , thanks Patrick.Did you spot any Civil War connections on the walk. There was a Battle of Marston Moor during the English Civil war.
Thanks for watching and commenting Kathryn, I don't recall seeing any connections as such 👍
This was a fantastic reservoir tour Patrick. I watched end to end before my walk out in the Beacons today. I liked the names of some of them - Black Moss Reservoir. I wonder what that's about? Do we get black moss? A rad windy out but thrilling and beautiful none the less. Did you see anyone? It felt like you never. Well, good going - not sure it would be the same up there right now. Wet wet out. All the best. Mark
Thanks Mark, there sure were a load of reservoirs on this route. Black Moss is puzzling isn't it. I wonder if it originates from the peat bogs, but I must admit I've never seen moss that is actually black 😁 I did see quite a few people on this walk from what I recall, but I try my best not to film others when I'm out. It'll be a wet one out there now indeed, rain, rain and more rain! 😂 Have a great walk out on the Beacons Mark, well I know you will. All the best 👍
@@solitaryrambler Yeah, loads of reservoirs and odd names Patrick. I think it might have a peat link. Ha ha, the people have been edited out. Would be cool if we could do that in life. Yeah, more rain - I did have a great walk yesterday but my camera and me got a soaking - all good. Take care and have a great week.
Patrick, your video convinced me to stay in marsden on my next year trip,had very nice walk 3 weeks ago, matlock to matlock bath on a rainy day , a tesco chicken sarnie, sarnies not too bad from tesco, watch the date.Eat a cod at 3 fish and chip shops in bath, kostta was best, no chips. Do you change your hiking boots depending on the terrain?looking forward to your future videos.
Hope you enjoy your stay in Marsden next year Steven. Glad you enjoyed your trip to Matlock. I only have one pair of hiking boots. Thanks for watching 👍
Great video Patrick. You mentioned those air tunnels. Didn't catch what they are about or do? Cheers from NZ. 👍
Thanks Chris. They are air shafts from the tunnel underneath 👍
@@solitaryramblerHi Patrick. Thanks for the reply. What do the tunnels do below? Do they carry water and the vertical air pipes enable the water to flow without creating a vacuum? I find this sort of thing interesting.