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Our previous five walks have all involved stretches of old railway track (start ~{purplepost~=1395~;text~=here~;target~=cornelly~}, and work forwards). Today's expedition was railway-free. But never mind -- it contained a couple of old mines, which nicely ticked the "old infrastructure" box.

Again, most of this ground I'd never covered...

You start at Glen Maye, and head up to the Cross Vein Mine, situated at a place popularly known as Snuff the Wind.

There was certainly some wind-snuffing going on today. Roaring gales again... Will they ever stop? But, again, so scenic...

After the mine, there's a bit more up, and then a steep section down, before you emerge back in Glen Maye.

~{nilimage~=143713~;dir~=H~;alt~=stream~;caption~=Still in the shelter of the woods at this point~}
~{nilimage~=143714~;dir~=H~;alt~=valley~}
~{nilimage~=143715~;dir~=H~;alt~=cottages1~;caption~=Past a terrace of ruined miners' cottages~}
~{nilimage~=143716~;dir~=V~;alt~=cottages2~}
~{nilimage~=143718~;dir~=H~;alt~=up~;caption~=Looking back down from the wilder lands~}
~{nilimage~=143719~;dir~=H~;alt~=mine1~;caption~=The remnants of another mine, which as yet we can't identify with any certainty~}
~{nilimage~=143692~;dir~=H~;alt~=mine2~;caption~=Cross Vein Mine~}
~{nilimage~=143693~;dir~=H~;alt~=peel~;caption~=Excellent views down to Peel (pity about that CHIMNEY...) and the currently indefatigable white horses~}
There's another route that takes you up here, which we can do from our accommodation, so I reckon we'll be back. Maybe on a sunny day...