We were up here on the Edale skyline in December but due to the possibilities of an unplanned benightment we had to curtail our explorations of the Kinder West circuit, so it was with a sense of pilgrimage that we returned to complete unfinished business. The valley of Edale and Kinder have a seductive charm that keeps drawing you back again and again. I first got my love of walking here when I was not much younger than these lads, now I'm nearly as old as all their ages combined! While I still have the stamina, my knees are a curt reminder that I sometimes have to reign myself in a bit. The Edale Squad left to right: Olivier Bull, Green Knight of the Outer Circle; Prince Luke of the Woode of Birch; Christiano Chief Bard of Weltonia; Troubador Tyler Shire Chief of Marlowe.Out of picture, Granpierre Markles- third Earl of San Giles. As you can see from the map the Edale valley is bounded to the North by Kinder Scout and to the South by the Castleton ridge and Rushup