Hartington and Biggin

After parking in the centre of the village, Karen and I walked up the hill and entered the lane opposite the impressive Youth Hostel of Hartington Hall.
After a short distance, this walled lane led into a couple of fields and then onto the narrow metalled road of Reynards Lane.
Where Reynards Lane went around a bend, two more unsurfaced lanes led off and we took the one heading straight-ahead which brought us to near the top end of Biggin Dale. Here the Dale also had a junction with the longer section heading South towards Wolfescote Dale, but we followed the shorter section heading Eastwards to join the minor road of Liffs Road.
We turned left along this road fr a 100 metres or so and then left the road onto a footpath across some fields and then onto another minor road leading into the centre of Biggin.
At a “T” junction we turned left and noticed a number of headstones in the churchyard had small Warning notices attached, presumably because they might topple over.
Continuing along the road passing the “Waterloo Inn” pub, we also passed the other beginning of Biggin Dale and then turned onto the nearby rough track called “Highfield Lane” which we then followed leading back just uphill of Hartington Hall.
We stopped at the Hall, which has a café/restaurant, to have some tea and a slice of cake, sitting in the garden as it had remained dry luckily despite some dark clouds not too far in the distance.

Hartington Hall Youth Hostel