Edatid one

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A great route with well defined paths (and quiet roads on the second half of the walk). The first half is VERY busy in the holiday periods.

Coming out of Edale, the route starts up a small lane which becomes a track. Be aware of the route *before* the sharp left hand bend, it continues up a bank on the right that doesn’t look very promising but quickly turns into a nice tree lined path that takes you to the bottom of Mam Tor. Follow the wooden posts (photo 4, head right) to take you up to the Mam Nick road. At the top of Mam Nick, the route say follow the road, but on a busy day I would stay on the right hand side (as photo 5) to stay on the track and avoid the bends in the road. This part of the walk becomes a super highway during the summer holidays - start very early if you want to avoid the crowds at this time.

After this it is a very straightforward route that you can see disappearing over the horizon. The crowds rapidly thinned after we passed the Limestone Way and the road into Tideswell were quiet, even for a Sunday,

The only point to be aware of is the route at Holmelacy Farm, we weren’t sure if the track was a right of way, as it was a gated track and wasn’t signed as a public right of way on the map. So instead we continued along the road for a couple of hundred metres to the ‘crossroads’ (with a track facing us) and turned right there (photo 14). It doesn’t seem worth another route for such a small diversion, just remember this as you go.

The road into Tideswell is very quiet, just listen out for cyclists coming down the hill behind you. This is the end of the the Edatid 1 route, although we continued along Tidbak 2 for an overnight stay at YHA Ravenstor on the route.

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