Bleaklow is a place of remote beauty, a largely peat-covered moorland which rises almost 2,000 feet above sea level.

As you can see, it was a wet foggy day when we went – the moors are largely peat-covered, which when drenched can create areas where the whole ground moves when you walk on it. A pretty cool experience!

Yet for all its beauty, Bleaklow’s moors betray times of jeopardy and, ultimately, human tragedy. Evidence of a tragedy which occurred over 70 years ago exists in the United States Air Force B29 bomber plane known as the “B-29 Superfortress Overexposed”, which crashed on the Moor in adverse weather conditions in 1948, claiming the lives of all those aboard – including eleven crew and two military passengers.

Just a short distance further and you will reach higher shelf stones.

As we returned, the fog cleared – giving us a nice difference in atmosphere and some beautiful views for the walk back.

To visit, we parked at Doctor’s Gate (53°25’57.6″N 1°51’24.4″W), though there is closer parking at Snakepass Summit (53°25’58.7″N 1°52’08.2″W). Devil’s Dike path from Snakepass Summit is fairly obvious up until you reach the river, don’t cross but take a path to the left and the crash site shouldn’t be hard to find.