Mostly on cross field paths, apart from some short road sections and the approaches in Leek....

Matthew Axford

Nice exit from Longnor and lots of easy pleasant walking....

Ken

I was a little reluctant to be the first reviewer of this route because I haven't yet walked it end to end in its current form, and I don't think I have ever walked the Butts Road route out of Bakewell. I have walked and enjoyed the direct path through Upper Lathkill dale to Monyash, but that was a few years ago and I wasn't thinking about potential obstacles and difficulties at the time. The rest of the route is the same as LONBAK 1, which I walked and reviewed in more detail last week....

Hugh Hudson

From this point the path becomes uneven and narrow until the top of the Dale when you go through a small wood. From there there right path takes you to a small underpass where I went under the High Peak Trail. Another field and I was again walking a small, quiet road. But walking up the rise I came to the view of High Wheeldon and a small road with a footpath sign on the other side. The footpath points to the gate and path that goes straight up High Wheeldon....

Lynn Jackson

Leaving Bakewell, the route uses the main road south past a petrol station, then turns into a housing estate to find a steep path up the hill, which has a number of steps. A twisty and fairly steep road takes you most of the way down to the Lathkill, but just before the bridge a clear path/track goes straight on west where the road turns south. Eventually a rather charming old lane takes the Limestone Way directly into Monyash, but for reasons I don't understand our route takes a fork right into another field path with more stone stiles, which reaches the road through the churchyard. The next path leaves a corner of a small car park and could easily be missed - it goes round a few cottages before taking a diagonal line across fields (more stone stiles). A rough path crosses moorland and goes under a little bridge at the Tissington Trail, emerging onto a quiet road, which goes up quite a long hill, leading to a fine viewpoint....

Hugh Hudson

The climb back to the road makes this off road excursion a physical challenge as well. The route to Booth Farm is along a wide level but climbing track which has signs of being a well used important route in days past. I missed the path at Booth Farm passing to the south of the buildings heading for a track up the hillside before spotting my error. A left right at the road then it enters the Health and Safety site with lots of signs warning how dangerous it is to stray from the path. Again it wasn't clear where the path was so I moved left onto the tarmac track to meet the main road walk into Buxton....

Ken

Well plotted but a poor bridle path west of Sheen is unused and soft going so I recommend Lonbig-2 which uses a parallel footpath that shows good usage....

Ken

Bus service links Biggin, Hartington and Longnor plus Buxton and Ashbourne. Highfield Lane offers a direct traffic free track to Hartington where it enters passing the Youth Hostel....

Ken

However Butt's Road provides a better route into Bakewell....

Malcolm Boura