Back in January, I did my first wild-camp in the Peak District. The top of Winnats Pass above Castleton was quite an easy camp, and the walk wasn't really comparable to the hill-walking involved on my previous Lake District camps. That was probably the reason it was a good spot for my first Peak District wild camp, as it gave impressive views for relatively little effort. This time, my return to the Peak District would be to explore the heath-moorland & rolling hills in the northern part of the Peak District. After driving through Glossop, I took the A57 Snake Pass road which winds its way up onto the moors, linking Manchester with Sheffield. The top of the pass runs across the flat col between the large expansive moors of Bleaklow and Kinder Scout on either side. There is a large lay-by adjacent to the road, which is where I parked up to begin my exploration of Bleaklow, the second highest peak in Derbyshire. The Pennine Way path crosses the road, and it was here where I pic

  Tucked away between the Lake District & the Yorkshire Dales, close to the market town of Sedburgh is a range of steep sided grassy hills called the Howgill Fells. Curiously, this area is officially in Cumbria, but is also part of the Yorkshire Dales, and the town has a Lancashire post code! This is a relatively quiet area (compared to the nearby National Parks), and is home to the highest outdoor cascade waterfall in England(there is a higher one underground!) - Cautley Spout. I had plotted a route that would take up up by the side of the Spout, and follow the upper valley to the highest point of the Howgills - known as The Calf. It had been wet, grey and drizzly for most of the morning in Manchester, however the forecast promised conditions would improve late afternoon in the Howgills to the north. I packed up and drove north under grey cloud. As I approached Lancaster services, I saw an almost straight line in the sky, and beyond were blue skies! Things were looking up. By the