Langsett again. Very busy today. They had reopened the car parks which were heaving. And there were new signs telling us all to socially distance. All a bit crowded for me but I guessed if I got on and gained a little height I would leave the crowds behind. That worked out pretty well. My plan was to go up a Cut Gate and down the other side to Howden Reservoir, walk down the reservoir a bit, the back to the top of Cut Gate by the moorland path that start up Howden Clough then swings north (OK. Little west of north.) It is really easy enough but what is on the ground doesn’t quite match what is in the map. It is all fairly straightforward till you meet a line of grouse butts heading off to the right. The path seems to continue in the same direction here but try that and it soon peters out. Instead turn right and follow a path uphill along the line of grouse butts to a fence. Here the path turns and leads back to Cut Gate. I got pretty tired coming back down here. Cut Gate is a long way down when you’re knackered. But I got down eventually.
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