Ten new signposts were erected in Dec, Jan and March
Published on 2016-03-30 11:45:41
Signpost 21 was re-erected at Skinners' Hall, Edale after an absence of 110 years. It was first erected on the Edale to Hope road in 1905 and promptly disappeared; the post was reported to be “cut at ground level” on 30th Dec. 1908. In 1989 Derbyshire County Council or Peak District National Park fingerposts had replaced it on both sides of the road, but one had disappeared and the other had a broken finger when I (Dave Morton) first saw it in January 2003. I met the landowner Tony Favell, Chair of Edale PC, at the dedication of signpost 500 near Upper Booth and he asked me to replace it with one of ours, so after more than a century, no. 21 is back in place.
Signposts 504 and 509 have just gone up at Whinstone Lee Tor and Win Hill respectively, courtesy of the hard work of Peak District National Park rangers Paul Wetton and Helen Parry. From December to March they also erected signposts 508, 510, and 511 in the woodlands north of Win Hill on Severn-Trent land. Paul is the son of Frank and Brenda Wetton, two of our most active members in recent years.
Signposts 512, 513, 517, and 518 have all been erected by John Hodgson and Ted Wolfe. Signpost 512 stands on Chinley footpaths 28 and 30 below Cracken Edge. Signpost 513 stands at Finlow Hill, Over Alderley. Signposts 517 and 518 stand on the Midshires Way and Bredbury footpath 59, close to Goyt Hall Farm.
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