Derwent Edge

Route: Fairholmes car park - Hancock Wood - Lost Lad - Back Tor - Cakes Of Bread - Derwent Edge - Wheel Stones - Ashopton - Fairholmes car park 

Distance: 9.75 miles

Highest Point: Back Tor trig - 538 metres

Weather: Overcast, some rain, windy with some hail at the top

Derwent Reservoir dam

Derwent Reservoir

Ladybower Reservoir with Lose Hill and Mam Tor on the horizon

Up onto the beautifully bleak moors

First sight of Lost Lad

 Lost Lad cairn and viewfinder

View from Lost Lad with Bleaklow in the distance

The approach to Back Tor

Cakes Of Bread

Today's lunch spot near the Salt Cellar

The Salt Cellar

Wheel Stones (aka the Coach and Horses)

Pic of the day - be sure not to miss this spot (grid ref: SK 19978 87661)

A last walk along Ladybower