Start on A623 in Stoney Middleton opposite Lamp Post 76262 (adjacent to waste ground parking).  Proceed westwards up Middleton Dale, past B6465 junction (3.12 miles).  Left turn onto Mires Lane (signposted ‘Litton, Cressbrook’) (3.43 miles).  Through Litton to B6049 (4.94 miles). Left onto B6049. Left turn, signposted ‘Priestcliffe’ (8.00 miles).  Left onto A6 (8.68 miles), down Taddington Dale and past Buxton Road turn into Ashford in the Water (12.86). Left onto A6020 (13.36 miles).  At TI left onto B6001 (15.33 miles). Through Hassop to finish on brow of hill opposite Bramley Lane (17.62 miles)