The road option being the most direct is the one to take if you are after a time. I havent tried the route you described but I know from "Rodders" who has, that the paths get very over grown and you pass through some very dodgy looking farms. ( Not quite sure what he meant by that).



Quote Originally Posted by PaulE View Post
Cheers for the advice moorlander - I'm looking at giving this a go in a week or 2 and was thinking of taking a more westerly route on that leg, going through Green Gutter Head, Knotbury and Orchard Common, coming out onto the road below Axe Edge trig at SK029702 (so about 400m further West on the road than your route). Have you tried this route? It's a bit more convoluted, but pretty much dispenses with road other than a 1/2 mile section at Hawks Nest. (near SK016674).

Ideally I'd not have much road (makes my hips hurt) but your route looks less tricky to navigate....