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Summary

The walk starts from the the lay by car aprk on the Snake Road at Birchin Clough and after a stiff climb tramps over the grassy moors to Grains in the Water. From here it climbs onto the Bleaklow Plateau at Fork Stones. The route circumvents the Bleaklow Plateua to Blaeklow Head, Bleaklow NearStones to Bleaklow Stones. It then drops off the plateau down the lovely Westend Valley before climbing up Ditch Clough to Alport Castles. From here the route dropd down to the bottom of the Alport VAlley at ALport Farms, and drops down the valley on a good track to Hayridge Farm. The final section takes you on the Roman Road via Oyster Clough back to Birchin Clough and the car

The first half of the walk is interesting as you climb up and over Alport Moor to Grians in the Water and up and round the Bleaklow plateau. The walk down Westend Valley is always a pleasure. But the retrun from Alport Farm was a little boring.

The route is a mixture of good paths and moor trotting on a bearing. Surprisingly there is a good path from Birchin Clough over Alport Moor and up the side of Alport river from Grains in the Water. However, from leaving this path for Grian Stones the trek up and round the Bleaklow Plateau and down into the Westend Valley is largely pathless. From there back to Birchin Clough the paths are good.

Bearings have to be taken round the Bleaklow plateau so you need competency in using a compass

 

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