SK0486586922 Start at the Bowden Bridge car park. Start walking up the Kinder Road, heading north-north-east.

SK0512487643 After just under a kilometre, fork right, over the river Kinder, and follow the track on a rising diagonal for a further 400 metres.

SK0543287896 Take a right turn, gaining a distinctive line, at the top edge of the woods fringing the reservoir's southern shore. This can be damp in places.

SK0652987554 At the end of the woods, the track tries to coax you round on a contour. Instead, head up a path, sketchy in places, on the same easterly bearing, up to the plateau rim at Cluther Rocks. The views start to open up around here.

SK0804587983 Once you're established, on the rim, the navigation becomes easy, down to the beck crossing at the Downfall, then veering sharply to the west-north-west. The views from up here are lovely.

SK0706689297 After a kilometre-and-a-half (or about a mile, if you prefer), you'll reach an outcrop of rocks at the top of a nose heading down to the reservoir. Follow the nose down to a footbridge over the inlet to the reservoir.

SK0596788735 Cross the footbridge then follow the path (damp in parts) along the reservoir's northern shore, back to the fork mentioned at point (2)