The Great Outdoors

Kinder Low Peak District ENGLAND

Francesca Donovan makes a night of it on a Kinder traverse

THE KINDER plateau comprises some of the highest points and most rugged views in the Peak District (Kinder Scout sits 2,087ft above sea level). You can’t help but admire the natural forces that created the formations of gritstone, akin to a monsters’ graveyard, and the cloughs carved into the side of the landscape.

Yet the walkways that cling to its edge between the Win Hill honeypot and the mouth of

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