Wilderness Voice
I few weeks ago we visited my brother-in-law and his partner. We always enjoy these visits and as they live near the Peak District and are keen hikers we inevitably hike some area of the Peak. This visit was no exception and they suggested Kinder Scout. The half dozen or so of regular readers will recall I wrote an essay on wilderness and perception of wilderness between t he UK and the USA. Part of that essay recalled the history of access to private land in the UK and Kinder Scout figures prominently in that history. Naturally I was excited to actually go there. We started the walk in Hayfield and walked a route alongside the Kinder reservoir, up to the ridge top, along the ridge and descended after reaching Kinder Scout. My brother-in-law has a passion for language and explained that scout is believed to derive from ' Kyndwr Scu t' Anglo Saxon for water over the edge. There is a waterfall on the walk which it is supposed is where the name is derived from. It was a perfect...