Offerton Moor from Leadmill

We parked near the bridge at Leadmill just outside Hathersage and Karen and I followed the minor road leading west near the Plough until we reached a public footpath leading down across some fields and across a bridge over Highlow Brook to cross some more fields which rose up towards Hog Hall farmhouse.

From here, a drive continued uphill to a bend in a minor road at Hazelford where another track led us past Tor Farm and through a section of Highlow Wood then down to a tributary of the brook where we had a short break.

Continuing onwards, we soon arrived at Stoke Ford from where we followed one of the various paths leading from the ford which headed north-east to arrive at the same minor road we had been on earlier.

We crossed the road and followed a winding track leading up to Oaks Farm and we again had a short break sitting on a grassy bank next tot the track looking at the views back across Abney Clough and towards our earlier route. As we sat there, some Coal Tits and a Siskin were hopping around in a small tree next to us.

After our break, we followed a footpath across a section of Abney Moor and at a junction, followed another path leading off to the north-east crossing Offerton Moor with skylarks flitting about and taking off and singing their non-stop song.

After dropping down towards Offerton Hall, we followed a track and across some fields to Callow Farm and from there through Callow Wood and then along another track to Mount Pleasant Farm.

From here there was a path leading down sloping fields to the bank of the River Derwent very close to the bridge at Leadmill and we arrived back at our starting point.