A Frozen Hike to a Snowy Stoodley Pike. Todmorden

[@catherineloftus1376]

O yes definitely a tough walk, a relief when you reach Stood Pike Matt 👏 amazing scenery.

[@matparks08]

Normally a relief, but the sudden temperature difference accompanying the wind blowing was extreme. I very rarely feel cold but this time I did 😅. Thanks for watching

[@theparadoxclub1326]

Fantastic views Matt I’m glad I watched from the warm of my flat.. ✌️

[@matparks08]

Haha ....I wish that's where I'd seen it too. 😅. I was NOT prepared for that extreme cold at the top. Thanks for watching

[@neilwatts8541]

Great video as usual. That walk up the front is a lung-buster!

[@matparks08]

It certainly was in that weather 😅. It looks so tranquil in the video, but at the top it was extreme

[@thelittlethingsinlife239]

Well done for braving the freezing temperatures Matt. Great hike up there. It must be over 20yrs since I walked up there, I must visit it again one day 🙂👍

[@matparks08]

Thanks very much, and, yes, you're well overdue another visit 😊

[@ShaunMurray63]

10 out of 10 for determination.

[@matparks08]

Cheers 😊

[@ArtyLiquid]

It's a trig point. As trainee surveyors in the 60s, we would set up a theodolite on the balcony and observe angles to Manshead, Pike End and various other trig points. Some complicated resections are required, as the true point is the centre of the tower.

[@matparks08]

Thanks for that, that's very Interesting 🙂

[@nickgcbond]

One can never visit and pass Stoodley Pike too many times. It's always spectacular around there. Those mysterious symbols at the entrance arch keystone @ 10m02 s, The Star of David and the Masonic Compass and square! Or maybe not that mysterious but of relevance to the persons that were behind it's construction.

[@matparks08]

Yeah, quite true.......sadly, the words and symbols are fading these days, but, yes, to anyone unsure, they certainly add an air of mystery. 🙂. Thanks for watching

[@amp1]

Well done Matt. Rather you than me ❤

[@matparks08]

Cheers. I think you'd have loved it up there 😊

[@pammace3820]

Glad you got down from the freezing heights ok. Perhaps take a hat next time. Anyway, great views and thanks for saving me from the frost bite 🥶. I think I’ll go in the summer instead.

[@matparks08]

It was a stunning day until the top, it really surprised me how cold it was 😆. Yep....summer for me too 😉

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

I didn't know there had been a workhouse up there. My ex-husband went to school in Todmorden (it was an approved school.. typical for him) so he had a love of the area. We used to walk our dogs up to the pike. Back in the 90s when I was younger and fitter 😅

[@matparks08]

Good times 😊

[@grabtharshammer]

Wasn't that Dobroyd Castle that was the Borstal?

[@thesetwistedhands4452]

Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey aye 😂 great vlog, proper lung burner going up there in that weather 😂

[@matparks08]

Definitely was...and it did 😅. Watch me be back up there again in a few weeks though 😁. Thanks for watching

[@thesetwistedhands4452]

@matparks08 haha 😂 if weathers owt like minus 5 and snow, you'll need to put your long John's on underneath your fabulous attire and maybe borrow one of Tom's mighty fine scarves too 👍 you'll be setting a record at this rate for stoodly pike, 4 seasons and multitude of iconic attire. Legendary status incoming 👌

[@matparks08]

@thesetwistedhands4452 yeah, it was a very different experience compared to the three previous 'scorchers' 😅. I have a Mr Tumnus scarf....maybe itsctime to freshen up my looks 😅. Thanks so much 🙂

[@daroniussubdeviant3869]

lol, brave man. it's been years since i did that. cowd innit.

[@matparks08]

Aye, very cold 🥶 🤣 cheers

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

Interestingly, that school was called something like Castle Hill and in the 90s it was turned into a Buddhist temple. I wonder if it still is?

[@matparks08]

So, there is a castle hill school, but the Buddhist centre was Dobroyd Castle, which was a school previously. It's now a Robinwood activity centre, and I've a video on the channel from there 🙂

[@jeepsthetimebandit]

​@matparks08 Oh cool! What's the name of the video? I'll go and watch h it 😊

[@matparks08]

I think....a. brief history of Dobroyd Castle. 🤔

[@DavidRichardson-d9l]

A super video matt ..(again )..I'm going to have a hike up when I'm off work..Monday or Tuesday?

[@matparks08]

Thank you. Have a good time 😊

[@DavidRichardson-d9l]

Think I'll go past Black Dyke farm..easier route I think ..