Guided Walk - Bleaklow & B29 Superfortress Crash Site from Glossop

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A great walk up Bleaklow and a visit to the B29 Superfortress crash site.

This walk takes you up a lovely but little visited ridge onto the second highest mountain in the Peak District, Bleaklow. We set off from Old Glossop along the route of an old roman road. Soon we leave the main path and gradually climb up an easy track until which reach a rocky outcrop providing some fantastic views.

The path becomes much smaller and almost indistinct now as we head across the notoriously difficult to navigate Bleaklow. Having an experienced guide with you means there's no need to worry! As we continue over Bleaklow there will be great opportunities to teach you a little about this special and important ecosystem. After a total climb of around 350m (1200ft) we reach the "kissing stones", a good spot for some lunch.

From here we head over to the site of the 1948 Superfortress plane crash (sadly all 13 crew members died). The plane was on a short journey from Lincolnshire to Burtonwood near Warrington when it hit the top of the hill in low cloud.

To finish the walk we head to the Pennine Way footpath which we follow towards the Snake Pass road and then turn onto Doctor's Gate, a late-medieval horse-path which we follow back down to Glossop.