We met in the Sett Valley Trail carpark then drove to Park Hall Moor in the National Trust LandRovers and one of our cars. Here is a photo of the snowdrops near where we parked - aren't they glorious:
We then headed up the slope and were given large white hessian-type bags to collect any small rhododendron that we saw in amongst the heather, dead rhody stalks and other ground covering. Not an easy task spotting it all, but we did our best. Some of the rhody had already been sprayed with herbicide so we didn't need to do anything with those, and the larger area's of rhody were going to be sprayed by contractors in the near future but the small stuff that was starting to re-grow needed to be pulled out so it didn't get established.
After lunch (great cakes again thanks to Karin and 'a well known supermarket chain') we headed to another part of the Moor, quite high up and, bearing in mind it was a scorching hot day, allegedly hotter than Greece!!!, we took our time walking up. Adrian and Sue had an unexpected stop when they came across a large furry caterpillar on the path which they stopped to admire for some time to ensure it was off the path in case anyone else came by so it didn't get trodden on.
Once Sue and Adrian got to the top, Adrian took a photo of the rest of the group in the distance on the other side of the valley, walking along with their white collecting bags(you'll have to look very closely at the photo to see them):
We were so lucky as it was such a glorious day to be out in the Peak District:-)
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