Three Shire Heads from Flash ¦ Staffordshire Hike
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2023
- Join me in this video for a hike in North Staffordshire. The route takes us from the village of Flash and we head across fields and moorland to the beauty spot of Three Shire Heads and Panniers Pool. Our return route takes us back along the valley of the River Dane and across farmland via Wicken Falls before finishing with a steep climb back up to our starting point at Flash.
The entire route is only around 6 miles or 10km, but as there are a lot of ups and downs it still provides a good workout, along with some excellent views!
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That was a rollercoaster not a walk. Thanks for taking us Des.
Hi David. I'm glad that showed on the video! My hiking app only said 305m ascent overall, but it felt like more! 😂 Cheers for watching & catch you soon!
Nah then, ay up me duck.
Another lovely walk Des, thanks for taking us along Sir.
Paul
Ay up, Sog! Glad you enjoyed it👍 A nice little ramble! All the best & catch you soon👍
Great walk Des! It’s always fun to see some sheep and a few chickens along the way! I’m used to following well worn and planned trails, so it’s interesting to see how you put your hikes together with country lanes, footpaths and walking across fields. Interesting to learn the history behind the name for Three Shire Heads- a nice legacy for a beautiful location. It’s probably all for the best that the sheep and lambs were guarding the bridge and not a troll- 😆 I always loved the Three Billy Goats Gruff when I was younger!! Have a great week!
Hi Jennifer. It's great just putting together your own routes by studying the OS maps! It all works fine until some landowner illegaly blocks a route! 😂 It does happen more often than it should!
The Billy Goats Gruff was one of my favourites too 😁 So I was pleased it was just the sheep at the bridge👍😊
Nice views and lovely walk with you. Like 4
Many thanks! All the best & catch you soon👍😊
Never heard of Flash before and nice to do a familiar walk in a different way for a change. I always enjoy a good sit down weather I need it or not and I always love the Moors when the yellow gorse is fully out. May have only been 6 miles but when you finish on a steep up, it takes it out of you and surely you god have managed a post walk shandy, cheers Alan
Hi Alan. Flash looked a nice little village, but I'd somehow never got around to visiting as it's a bit out of the way from where I live.
The moorland parts of the walk were lovely, with the gorse and sound of the curlews! I saw some little Green Hairstreak butterflies too, but failed to get any video 😁
I was sorely tempted by that pub at the end, but I tend to give it a miss if I'm driving right after, so it was a pint with Maria in the local later on👍😊
What a lovely tour Des, the views were beautiful and hearing the birds was too, along with the rushing water. The yellow flowers looked great. The farm looked really nice behind you too.
Hi Nicole! Those yellow gorse bushes are really striking aren't they? You can see them flowering as early as February!
Some of the old stone farmhouses around this area are just beautiful. It must be a tough place to live in the winter though!
All the best and see you soon👍😊
That's a gorgeous walk there Des and the view of the ridge that you mentioned was so beautiful. Loved the stream near where you sat down, so relaxing and those chickens and sheep were cute. You do find these great places 😃👍~ Anna
Prynhawn da, Anna! It is a real beauty spot down there where I was sitting, isn't it? Very lucky to get it more or less to myself for a change! 😁
Hope you and Alf are keeping well👍 We've just booked for a little weekend in North Wales (just east of Snowdonia) but I'm thinking of travelling down via Holywell to have a look around Basingwerk Abbey that you showed us👍😊
Hello dear Des! As always it's nice to be in your company and enjoy trails in nature with such attractive landscapes!
This seems to be a really interesting trail, because it offers different sceneries and a lot of variety. Then I always like when you meet a stream, a stream, a waterfall ... This always relaxes me a lot!
I really liked it, Des. A hug and good day and weekend! My like for you! Renata
Hello Renata! So pleased you enjoyed it! The moors just above are like a huge sponge, and I think five of the areas rivers start up there! So there are little streams and waterfalls everywhere 😁
Hope you are keeping well👍 All the best & have a lovely weekend👍😊
@@DesGreene Absolutely a lovely area, Des!! Take care and see you soon, my friend!!
Hi Des.... The name Flash was derived from the trading in counterfeit money at nearby Three Shires Head in the last century when lawbreakers or coiners evaded capture by crossing into neighbouring counties. At that time it was only possible for police to act within their own county limits. The word Flash has since become associated with being dishonest or not of genuine quality i.e. Flash men (thieves and shady characters), Flash money (counterfeit currency) or Flashy (not as good as it looks)....We all know a Flash Harry....an enjoyable watch mate.
Hi Steve. Now you mention it, I vaguely remember hearing someone else say that on a video. Interesting bit of history isn't it? Easy to imagine that sort of carry on in such a remote spot! 😁
Cheers for watching! Catch you soon👍
Beautiful and interesting walking tour. I wish you a nice time 🦇 👍
Thank you! You have a great day too👍😊
Hi Des, another lovely Peak District walk 😊 Glorious weather too, perfect.
Hi Rachel. Easy to see why it's such a popular spot, but it was nice get there on a quieter day 😁 It was a beautiful day for it too👍😊
Marvellous Des. You are certainly doing well for cuckoos. I've never visited Flash or Three Shire's Head but they both look like the sort of places that would interest me. Nice to hear the other birdsong too.....my favourite time of the year. Cheers, Chris
Cheers Chris! As you probably know, this was only a few miles away from my previous video, so it does seem to be a good area for cuckoos and quite a reasonable number of curlew too👍 Flash is tiny, but seems to have plenty of interest. Would love to try that pub some time!
All the best andthanks for watching👍👍
I've done quite a bit of walking around there, but never from Flash itself. Looked like a great walk. Cheers Des. ATB, Terry.
Hi Terry. My first time from that side too. Flash is a bit of a faff to get to for me, so I'd normally park at Derbyshire Bridge. Made a nice change though! All the best and take care👍
That was cool how they used rocks as stepping stones to get over the wall and so many sheep. Beautiful terraine. The rock formations that jut out of the ground are really cool. They were in your last video too. Picture perfect with the stone bridge over the rippling brook and the hills in the distance. So pretty. That wooden bridge with the lamb, sheet and brook was pretty picturesque too. Great hike. What NO cheers! 😂
Hi Bill & DeAnna. This wasn't far from my last hike, so some of the rock features are quite similar. We have a lot of ingenious stiles like those "stepping stones" so we can cross farmer's fields without letting the animals loose 😁
Sorry no cheers, I had to drive! 👍😊
Beautiful hike there Des. I was thinking of something like that taking in Shutlingsloe too. I really enjoyed your vlog. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Chris👍 Sounds like a decent idea. I've never put together a circuit taking in both, but you could probably make a good circular route by cutting back left, half way across Danebower Hollow to drop down to Wildboar Clough.
Cheers for watching! See you soon👍😊
Hi Des, another great video of another lovely walk! I do love Three Shires Head, or is it Three Shire Heads??! 😁 Glad you managed to see very few other people there. As you say it does get busy. Hope you got your post-walk pint after you got home! 🍻 All the best 👍
Hi Patrick. It is a real beauty spot, and it was nice to approach it from the opposite side (for me, at least) for a change! I think I did manage a post walk pint after the van was safely parked up👍😁
Fantastic walk Des. Seemed like a lot of elevation in the end 😃
Particularly loved those bridges. Especially the little clapper bridge at the start.
A good day. 👍
Hi Dave. I knew from the start I'd saved myself a grueller of a climb to finish up with! I hadn't quite bargained for how many times I had to gain and lose altitude around the rest of it! 😂 Only a short walk, but I felt it!
There are some really pretty bridges in the area. I think it's criss-crossed by old packhorse routes, and of course there's about five rivers that start up on Axe Edge Moor.
Cheers for watching! Hope you're both keeping well👍
@@DesGreene beautiful place mate.
Fabulous shares with Nature my new friend 💙🫶❤️🕊️🌻🦋💙🫶🕊️🌻🦋
Many thanks for watching! Best wishes to you👍😊
In a tent in france ⛺ 🇫🇷,and i really enjoyed this video and channel debs xx..
Hi Debs! It was a really picturesque walk👍
France again, you lucky person! 😁 We've got a Spain trip coming up in a few weeks, but it will probably be too hot to do much walking! 👍😊🍻
Another great video Des. It’s a great area to explore, a bit different to the core of the White Peak to its East and very different from the Dark/High Peak as well. So much landscape/Geological variety in the Peak District, which is great. Thinking of doing the classic Macclesfield Forest / Shutlingsloe walk as one on the itinerary when we are up there soon, not too far from there. And tackling some of the heftier scrambles up Wildboar Clough and Wilderness Gulley. Possibly Nether Red Brook on Kinder as well, been meaning to tackle that for a long time! Will have to think of a decent circular route for that, possibly descending Fairbrook. ATB Greg
Cheers Greg! Such a lot of variety in the Peak District isn't there? Sounds like you've got some great plans in the offing! Is that the Wildboar Clough near Shutlingsloe or the Longdendale one you're thinking of doing?
All the best & take care👍
Beautiful place to walk. Shame you missed the post walk pint. Great video
Hi Cara! It was a really enjoyable walk👍 I would have loved to give that pub in Flash a try, but tend to skip the beer if I'm driving 😁
Nice hike
Thanks Naomi! It was a good day👍😊
Such amazing countryside!! Just hard to imagine all that land and rolling territory being so open...all trees here! Although some of them are burning pretty bad right now here in NS. The worst is in southern NS, but another is just 5 km from my house...yikes! Rock walls, and streams too...just lovely! A very nice walk indeed, but watch out for them buzzards! lol Bruce and Otis
Hi Bruce & Otis! Yes, we seem to do open moorland and rolling pastures more than trees over here 😁 Wow, are you getting fires already? So soon after winter! Take care and stay safe👍
Thanks for watching & catch you soon👍😊
@@DesGreene Just not much snow this winter at all...and record low rains for both April and May.
Winning page! Your Stat can see you are performer! Enthralling stuff i am moving on to the next video! We sharpen our tools and the edit skill so we grow after pandemic! I bookmarked you. yes revisit. I will come see you
Many thanks for watching! All the best👍
I enjoy your company des. It's mellow and I can get along with that. Hey I could hear Curlew at 4.28. You mention it later I know and I hear the cuckoo 11.36. Good to hear the mention of the river and to see the bluebell meadow. Rare out in the open. A decent walk Emu and all. Take care. Mark
Cheers Mark, much appreciated👍 There was some great birdlife around. Always a trwat to hear a cuckoo, and curlew has got to be one of my favourite sounds in nature!
I'm looking forward to watching your latest adventure👍👍 Saved it on my watch list👍
@@DesGreene A pleasure des. Yeah, the bird sound was great on this one. I agree love to hear the cuckoo and Curlew. My latest was a training/test hike. Getting better and it turned out a good walk. However, my real latest was the Mortimer Trail my first multi day in 2 years. It was awesome - past the test. Working on the edit now. Have ab great day.
@@WyeExplorer Nice one!👍 Seems like ages since I've done a wild camp, but it's hard to rely on the trains at the moment.
@@DesGreene Thanks des. Yeah I haven't seen you camp for a while - you'll be out there soon no doubt trains or not. How about bus?
@@WyeExplorer There is one good area I can reach by bus. Might give that a try👍