Started off from Snake Pass and onto Bleaklow Head. From Bleaklow you can trace on the OS Map a great looping path heading east, and clockwise, all the way along Bleaklow Stones, Swains Head, Howden Edge, Outer Edge, Margery Hill.
In reality the path was quite difficult to follow on the ground, and in a considerable amount of places it was nigh on impossible. But seemed to avoid any major navigational catastrophe.
From Margery Hill i had intended on cutting South East across much remote ground to pickup the path over Lost Lad and Derwent Edge, before dropping to Derwent Reservoir. However the weather had been horrendous and showed no signs of improvement, and i'd already been up to my tits in a freezing bog, and gone over on my ankle. I decided that if i'd had an accident on such remote ground i'd have been unlikely to be found. So decided to quit while ahead and cut the route a little short, dropping straight down to Howden Reservoir.
16 miles, 1850ft, 3hrs20
Despite resident Peak District local Llani Boy's predictions of mass-congestion, i saw nobody from leaving Snake Summit until i was on the way down to Howden Reservoir. Although i suspect more to do with the shocking weather than any lack of local knowledge on Llani's part. But the solitude was a pleasant surprise. It certainly felt a very remote run.
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