This month we visit the lesser trodden side of the Peaks, Bleaklow! This foreboding and impressive landscape is accessed from the Woodhead Pass, and immediately you’re into the wilds. We ascent a steep valley which involves some moderate scrambling in dry conditions, though the valley would be unclimbable in the wet with enough of a stream running. From the top we shoot for Hern Stones before returning via the Pennine Way, as we approach though you’ll find the podcast cuts to the finish as the classic weather of Bleaklow proves too much for our microphones and we make a quick get away in the growing dark.

It’s worth mentioning that the podcast is no substitute for a map, and the ability to read it. You’ll be walking at times in some pretty remote areas:

Make sure you’re confident in your abilities

Tell someone where you’re going and when you’re due back

Take a rucksack with a sensible set of kit

We’re also publishing each route through the Ordnance Survey online map service so members can access the detailed route card.

This months map is HERE

There is a high chance that you won’t have phone signal for the entirety of the walk, so be sure to download the episode to your