Wetton Mill and Ecton Hill

We parked at the roadside car park near Wetton Mill and then walked up the road for a short distance then through the farmyard belonging to Dale Farm. From here we followed a steeply-ascending route passing a small hill called Sugarloaf across fields heading north. At one point the public footpath skirted along the edge of a private garden then through another farmyard.

Near Ecton Hill our route turned south and we followed a route across more fields bringing us to the village of Wetton,

After following a road heading south-west through the village we were once again in fields and after a short while joined a minor road called Carr Lane which we followed for about 100 yards then through a stile back onto a public footpath which dropped us down to a stile and another minor road called Larkstone Lane.

Following the lane to a hairpin bend brought us to another footpath dropping very steeply down to a junction with the metalled track following the Manifold valley.

After following the Manifold valley for about a kilometre, we were back at our starting point at Wetton Mill where we were able to have a snack at the café.