Kinder Scout – King of the Peak
Kinder Scout is a table top mountain, supporting a vast upland moorland plateau that forms the highest point in the Peak District at 2087ft (636m) from which, quite bizarrely, the skyscrapers of Manchester are clearly visible. Conversely, Kinder is three times taller than the city’s loftiest skyscraper and considerably more extensive, exerting an enticing presence to lure the two and a half million Mancunians away from their daily urban existence. The fascination of Kinder Scout for the denizens of the…