Peak District - Round Hill Crash Sites 09/06/2012 Distance - 11.5miles
Ascent - 1754feet
Time - 5hrs 5min
Route - Car Park onB6105 – Longden Trail – Birchen Bank Wood – Near Black Clough – Round Hill – Near Bleaklow Stones – Bleaklow Head – Pennine Way – Clough Edge – Longden Trail – Back to car
Map of the route
With the weather forecast giving weather warnings all over the country, we decided that there was no point in travelling too far from home as there wouldn’t be any views. We decided to go and find some more of the plane wrecks in the Dark Peaks on Bleaklow. We would be heading to the Woodhead Reservoir and starting the walk along the Longden Trail. When we arrived in the Car Park the rain was coming down really hard and the hills were covered in thick fog. The start of the walk was really gentle following the Longden Trail as we reached Birchen Bank Wood which is full of birds and wildlife, best to get there early in the morning as it’s a popular place. We started climbing up to Near Black Clough to the first plane crash site on Round Hill. As we reached the top of the clough we saw a faint path leading off of the path we were on, cutting across the moors onto Round Hill. The path was in the right place and heading in the right direction to take us to the plane wreck. We took a chance following the path hoping it would take us to the plane wreck. We were right to follow the path as it took us straight to the plane wreck of Blackburn Botha. A good navigation point is the Holme Moss Mast which is directly behind it.
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