Quote Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak View Post
Plenty of those huge black flies on Kinder this morning, I could hardly see or breath for them, huge swarms of the blighters, ended up cutting the run short because of it.
Did a 10km run (plus lots of walking) up Lightside, Yellowslacks then over to Glossop Low and Cock Hill yesterday - I too had loads of big black flies....what's with em? They were mostly congregating on the heather section which at knee depth and quite a few hidden holes made for difficult running for me.

Anyone heading up/coming down Cock Hill from Old Glossop - there's a couple of horses with ponies in the unfenced section of field below the lower tree section - they didn't seem pleased to see me as I appeared so I stuck to the path between the 2 walls.

@ Grouse - I have your PD Wildlife book to return - are you at Chunal on Wed? Barrel - Tues after? or Shelf Moor?