The route climbs out of the town offering views over the attractive rooftops then takes a walled track the first of many on this walk. One side the stone had been chosen with care to offer a flat dressed face to the road while opposite this wall was jagged and random looking like it would so easily topple. I passed alongside Damside Farm then the road that serves the farm. The track meets the road opposite the Devonshire Arms but I took a gate into the churchyard where I found more seating and for hot summer days a tap. The road through Peak Forest is busy but it has a pavement. The path from Paradise Farm drops down to meet a track which is joined by a narrow gate and squeeze stile not the dilapidated bridle gate that is more obvious. A kissing gate leads to a road after which is a quiet urban walk into the town centre and meeting point....

Ken

Excellent White Peak walk from Tideswell but Chapel end I think could be improved but needs a walk to confirm. One side the stone had been chosen with care to offer a flat dressed face to the road while opposite this wall was jagged and random looking like it would so easily topple. I admit I missed the invisible plotted approach to Peak Forest because a well used path avoided a slight climb. The road through Peak Forest is busy but it has a pavement for the plotted route and my deviation. I should have mentioned earlier that the Slow Way is also the Peak District Boundary Walk (PDBW) so there is some waymarking which is essential but not always apparent at Middle Barmoor Farm. The path drops down to the busy road which needs a short walk along a narrow verge before crossing and escaping onto a little used path. The road is busy and the path opposite is little used and poor, making another climb....

Ken

Sir William Hill Road is loose stone and open to all traffic so could be busy with motorised off roading at weekends. Tideswell Lane confirms we are on the right track which again is loose stone and open to all. The next short section of road offers views back along the lane I had walked and in the distance the mast on Sir William Hill Road. That section of busy road walking could be avoided across the access land. A short section of the road to Litton can be avoided by staying on the permissive path an overgrown stone stile does allow later access to the road....

Ken

A great walk in Places, we took the bus to buxton leaving a car in Tideswell....

philtooze

It continued on to provide wide vistas, a fantastic working quarry bird's-eye view, a slight detour to view the blue waters of Waterswallows quarry lake, farm land traverses, some quiet road and lane walking....

Sue Lindley

No real route finding problems, especially through Tideswell dale and the section on the Monsal Trail...

philtooze

Trail sections very accessible but some stepped sections and stiles along the rest of the route not so....

Sue Lindley

Relatively easy walking, potential pub visits at Monsal Head or Great Longstone. The short section along the B6049 is paved and felt safe. Fast bike riders in the two tunnels, but the route is wide enough ' keep to the left as advised...

Tim Ryan

When walking toward Bakewell follow the bridleway from Upperdale until you go under the Monsal trail bridge then take the unmarked path on your left onto the trail....

Tim Ryan

A good path, if not as pretty as Tidbak 2, but a good fall-back route if conditions are less than ideal. The route follows Tidbak 2 for the first half of the route, leaving lanes and paths out of Tideswell for a short stretch of pavement before crossing the road to enter Tideswell Dale (photo 3)....

Lynn Jackson

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....

Lynn Jackson

This should be a great route, and still can be, but 2 minor diversions are required from the plotted Slow Ways route....

paul.scholey

Coming in you may prefer to follow the road for early refreshment at Wetherspoons but the climb out along the busy road can be avoided in Buxtid-2. Once onto Waterswallows Road it's plain sailing along the same route as Buxtid-2. The sign directing traffic to Hargate Hall is perhaps intended to avoid the rough section of road passing the farm and our route might do better, taking this to avoid a path that was another challenge to locate....

Ken

Good paths but some may be a bit of a challenge to follow so the plotted route needs constant attention. Once onto Waterswallows Road it's plain sailing along the same route as Buxtid-1. The sign directing traffic to Hargate Hall is perhaps intended to avoid the rough section of road passing the farm and our route might do better, taking this to avoid a path that was another challenge to locate....

Ken

A mix, match and slight amendment would take most of the route along the Monsal Trail a popular cycle track along the level old rail line. I thought I knew the area but I had never walked along Tideswell Dale so after following a back lane which linked to a narrow footpath I had a short section of roadside pavement before taking the surfaced popular path which follows the stream through the deep sided Dale. The footpath up to the Monsal trail is a weak link being steep and narrow. Across fields to Great Longstone then skirting the village before more fields takes us back to the trail but we stay on the road along a rather narrow pavement to take a quiet footpath which eventually rejoins Tidbak-1 to enter Bakewell....

Ken

The permissive path at Water-Cum-Jolly Dale has a bridge over the weir to Cressbrook this has been classed as unsafe and is closed....

Ken

Mostly on clearly marked footpaths and quiet country lanes....

Tim Ryan