1. LOXLEY SCHOOL TO JAWBONE HILL. (Grid reference at start of leg 311900)
3.75m 650ft. 56mins Scheduled start 06.00
Easy footpaths and road in the dark
Round the back of the Sea Scouts' place, then down the lane to Wadsley. Down Langsett Avenue. Along Middlewood Road, then across the Don and into Beeley Wood. Footpath through wood and across fields to Birley Edge. Follow escarpment on easy path to Jawbone Hill.
2. JAWBONE HILL TO MORE HALL BRIDGE. (Grid reference at start of leg 325934)
3.2m 150ft. 46mins Scheduled start 06.56
Easy running on paths and forest tracks in the dark
Along the edge on easy path to Greno Woods. Drop down hill on easy path and farm track. Cut left on obscure, unmarked path to pick up forest track running parallel to Sough Dike. Follow SW, across Mouse Park Gate track, then bear right to pick up Plank Gate track, heading north. Easy running for a mile or so, until you come to a fork in the track. Then bear left via railway crossing to Holmes Farm, and down drive to A616. Turn right. Stop at bottom of More Hall Road. VAN STOP.
3. MORE HALL BRIDGE TO STOCKSBRIDGE. (Grid reference at start of leg 297957)
5.5m 800ft. 83mins Scheduled start 07.44
Easy running on roads and footpaths. Big climb to Bolsterstone. This leg passes some of Richard Hakes' most impressive telephone line installations.
W on water board road by More Hall reservoir. Continue below Ewden Village on road to Yewtrees Lane. Drop down the lane, then right onto path up hill through woods then fields to join Heads Lane at the farm. W on lane then track to trig point above Salt Springs Cottage. Path along edge to Long Lane. Path down hill to Wind Hill Farm. Continue down the hill via farm track. Then right and down the road to the start of the footpath leading over the dam wall at Underbank Reservoir.
4. STOCKSBRIDGE TO LANGSETT. (Grid reference at start of leg 253990)
2.9m 250ft. 44mins Scheduled start 09.07
Just follow the lorries up the A616
Straight up the road to the National Park information centre car park at Langsett, (just past the Wagon and Horses pub). VAN STOP.
5. LANGSETT TO HOWDEN RESERVOIR. (Grid reference at start of leg 212005)
10m 1,150ft. 150mins Scheduled start 09.51
The hardest leg. Up to your knees in peat, then across indistinct high moorland on a compass bearing.
NW through woods by side of reservoir, along defined footpath. Down hill to stone bridge. Continue up the valley by side of Little Don, using occasional footpath – otherwise, the best line you can find. Continue in this vein to Hordron Clough, then up faint footpath by grouse butts which run parallel to Near Cat Clough. Turn W at top and keep to top of ridge along rough, bog-ridden path to Swains Head. Take bearing and go across rough moorland via Barrow Stones and Round Hill to pick up top of Land Rover track on 510m contour, about two miles S of Swains Head. Drop down this to the River Westend then down the valley on the track to Howden Reservoir. Stop when you reach the road at the end of the inlet. VAN STOP.
6. HOWDEN RESERVOIR TO DERWENT DAM CAR PARK. (Grid reference at start of leg 155927)
3.1m 100ft. 47mins Scheduled start 12.21
The easiest leg. Nearly all downhill, and all on tarmac!
Straight down the road to the car park by the tower on the Derwent dam wall.
7. DERWENT DAM TO MOSCAR. (Grid reference at start of leg 155927)
6.25m 1,300ft. 94mins Scheduled start 13.08
Hard climb on exposed moorland paths, then a battle through thick heather
Across the bottom of the dam wall and up to the other side. N along track by reservoir to path at bottom of Walker's Clough. Up this, then along rough track and path to Lost Lad and Back Tor. Touch the trig point for luck, and savour the distant view of Loxley, (or stretch your arm out and try to see your hand through the fog). S down Derwent Edge path to Dovestones Tor. Then SE across ankle-breaking heather following boundary via bearing and possible boundary stones. Emerge at cattle grid on Strines road if lucky. VAN STOP.
8. MOSCAR TO RIVELIN DAM WALL. (Grid reference at start of leg 225886)
5.9m 300ft. 89mins Scheduled start 14.42
Along Stanage Edge, then two miles of hostile wilderness, then an easy unmetalled road
Over the old Moscar Cross coaching road. Down by Moscar Lodge to the A57. Up obvious footpath to Stanage Edge. Bear left at quarry to pick up top of crags. Continue along path to Crow Chin. Bear NE on bearing to follow boundary across extremely rough elephant grass, heather and water-filled holes to pick up the source of the Rivelin. Follow the stream on similar terrain. If lucky, you find a vague sheep track. If not, you just grit your teeth. Breathe a sigh of relief when you reach the little reservoir. Go NE along the conduit, then bear left down Land Rover track down hill. Leave this when it steepens, and take a direct line across the moor and the wall to the Head Stone. Climb it if you must. Bear E on clearly defined but rocky footpath to pick up Wyming Brook Drive at Reddicar Clough. Follow the track round to rejoin the A57 at the Rivelin Dam wall. VAN STOP.
9. RIVELIN DAM WALL TO THE RIVELIN PUB. (Grid reference at start of leg 277866)
2.2m 100ft. 33mins Scheduled start 16.11
A potter on easy footpaths and surfaced roads
Cross the A57, and follow the sign-posted path NE through the woods to emerge on Woodbank Road at Rails. Continue along the road towards Stannington, then down Coppice Lane, and along Tofts Road to the pub.
10. RIVELIN PUB TO LOXLEY SCHOOL. (Grid reference at start of leg 308877)
4.4m 400ft. 66mins Scheduled start 16.44
A tour of Stannington back streets, then wet feet
Along the road, then left up Long Lane. Follow the boundary as closely as possible through the housing estate. Go past the tower blocks, on a footpath across the grass, down a gennel, then down Myers Grove to Loxley College. Cut across the fields, then wade through the River Loxley to come out at Wisewood forge dam. Follow the footpath up the valley, and join Loxley Road at the top of Low Matlock Lane. Go up the bridleway across the road. Turn left when you reach Ben Lane. Go to the school. Collapse.