Greetings! My name is Dawn.

& I love Adventures great and small...

I caught the Adventuring bug fairly late on in life. I guess you could say I hit a "rock bottom" when I experienced the severe life crisis of a bereavement; our eldest child; our daughter passed into Spirit.

It's during this crisis that my priorities changed dramatically; the things I thought were important were less so, and I became aware of things that hadn't even been on my radar. And those new horizons became my life passions. These passions are the things that bring me great joy and satisfaction and my life adventure is now chock full of them.

To me, Adventuring means going out of my comfort zone; past the point where things are known... and into the unknown. This is a leap of faith. And in leaping, I discovered a great sense of resilience, self-reliance and self-trust. These are qualities which I found to be invaluable for a Life that's lived on an edgeless edge where Gratitude and Love-in-Action take centre stage.

Some times I have solo Adventures. And sometimes I'm blessed to share them with family and friends. This blog is created to enable an even greater sharing.. for those who, for whatever reason, can't physically get to the external Adventure. But through the resonance of reading the content here, you can share in this Cosmic Journey, regardless of any circumstances such as location or time.

I'm both blessed and honoured that you're here.

My latest Adventure was a Wild Camp at the Noe Stool rock formation which I thoroughly enjoyed even after it seemed to go slightly "pear shaped" because I managed to completely underestimate the difficulty of my route up Crowden Clough.

But I'll start at the beginning; the Noe Stool rock formation is on the Kinder Scout plateau in the Peak District National Park. My original plan was to camp at The Woolpacks rock formation which is a stunning part of the plateau with naturally sculptured grit-stone boulders scattered all around. I decided that going up Crowden Clough and then past Crowden Tower was the shortest, and fastest, route. Although I found that this wasn't actually the case after I attempted the route though!

I found the car parked my car at Barber Booth car parking spot which has space for around 15 cars. But as always, it's best to arrive early, especially if it's a weekend because it can fill up rather quickly. Fortunately, I was there on a Tuesday so it was fairly quiet. There are no restrictions at the parking area so you can leave your car overnight there without issue.

The postal code for the parking area is: Hope Valley S33 7ZL. But the What 3 Words locator is more precise: wisely.sushi.lightens

After leaving the car I walked up to Upper Booth Campsite and following that I headed through the tranquil, and very pretty, woodland through which runs Crowden Brook. In the woodland I found many beautiful spots next to the stream where you could pop a picnic blanket down and have a spot of lunch. And even maybe a quick Wild Dip! For the more adventurous, it's possible to have an overnight Wild Camp with the usual Land-honouring philosophy of "Leave No Trace" and "Pitch Late, Leave Early".