Circular Walk around Abney Moor, Peak District

As I had a gift voucher from Xmas for "Outside" and their main shop is in Hathersage, we decided on a walk near that village. The two of us, Karen and I, drove to Hathersage and after spending my money buying a Rab Bergen jacket, we returned to the car park and got our boots on.
Heading out of Hathersage on a lane, we headed across fields following a Public Footpath heading for Leadmills Bridge near "The Plough" pub. Passing through the stile at the end of the bridge we followed the Highlow Brook for a short distance before heading up a short muddy path through a wood to follow the drive towards Broadhay Farm and then through a gate into more fields and a gradually rising path through woods to pass close by a house and onto another drive with good views back across the valley over Hathersage.
After a short stop for hot drinks from our flasks, we followed the small road soon arriving at a "T" junction near Highlow Hall, and then along the road for a short distance and again on a drive heading towards Oaks Farm. Before reaching the farm we followed on a continuing path leading to open moorland and an obvious pathway. Following this we found that it was fairly windy and we had been sheltered up to now and after a short break in the lee of a drystone wall we continued on passing low shooting butts until we reached Shatton Lane. Now the views across the Hope Valley opened out with views across to Mam Tor, Kinder Scout and Lose Hill. Following down the lane we passed beneath a small TV mast and at a gate, turned off the lane onto a bridleway with a horse rider coming towards us, we held the gate open as she passed.
The bridleway led back towards Hathersage and after passing through fields and crossing the Manchester to Sheffield railway, we crossed another field to arrive at Jaggers Lane and the short distance back to the car park in Hathersage.