Tuesday August 5th
Bleaklow Stones and Bleaklow Head Another walk for David on his own. It was a couple of days after Storm Floris had blown through yet I still fancied a walk on Bleaklow- taking advantage of the fact that I'd be on my own. I had hoped that the gate at the top of the road down to Woodhead Station was open but, unfortunately, it wasn't. Additionally, all the laybys nearby were full of machines for the roadworks taking place during the overnight road closures. I decided to park at the Torside car park and this had the advantage that the tedious part of the walk (along the old railway track) would be over first. The lack of rain was very obvious- the Woodhead Reservoir was lower than I'd ever seen before. Low water and exposed strata in the Woodhead Reservoir I can now spot and follow a path from the top of Far Black Clough up to the Bleaklow Stones (with a bit of variability in the last section) and, as it was quite chilly and windy, I was very glad to reach my usual, favourit...