For The Beck trig point bag, I headed to the Knapp and Papermill Nature Reserve.
It was the furthest most eastern trig point to bag. It was the Sunday of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and it was a lovely day for it. I was parked about a mile and a half from the trig point and knew that I’d be taking a path less trodden beyond the nature reserve!
This one involved climbing up a hill, then down it… Then up the hill beyond! Normally not a problem, but it was literally an uphill battle! The brambles made hard work of it. There was a route to follow, but I thought ‘nah, I’ll go my way’! However, not the greatest ideas ever!
Eventually it did join a ‘path’ which I followed for a while and as I reached a clearing, I could see The Beck trig point in the distance… On another hill!
This one proved tricky to access. Whoever’s field it was didn’t want you getting in! I did manage to clamber over a double barbed wire fence but it wasn’t particularly easy. Headed up the hill where The Beck trig point was sitting next to a Shepherd’s Hut.
The Beck trig point bagged!
However, I was shortly ‘greeted’ (!) by a disgruntled old boy. He was not impressed I had accessed somebody else’s field. He was quite rude! I wasn’t doing any harm (or damage) to anything but he wasn’t having it. He was even armed with a big stick! Managed to diffuse the situation amicably but it was all a bit unnecessary!
All that was left to do was follow the track back to the Nature Reserve cap park. The route that I could’ve followed up – but where’s the fun in that?! However, I did see a little of the nature reserve and it’s well worth a look. A nice marked route looping back is asking for a return visit sometime!
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Grid reference: SO 74950 50542 | T:UK waypoint: TP6352 | Taken from www.streetmap.co.uk
