BAKEWELL, PEAK DISTRICT
DISTANCE 12KM (7.5 MILES) CLIMBING 420M (1,377FT) TIME 1HR TO 2HRS
1 Exit the car park at the far corner by the old station building. Go right (south-east) on the Monsal Trail, passing under a bridge. Follow this trail to the end, then drop down to the field towards the river. Follow the bridleway along the bottom of the valley to some tarmac.
2 Bear left up the road, over the tunnel entrance. Shortly after, go right through a gate into a field, on a bridleway. Continue to a good track and head right. Go ahead at the crossroads on some dirt singletrack into the woods. Endure a tough climb to the top, then quickly bear right and uphill again, levelling o onto a twisty singletrack trail to a gate.
3 Go through the double gates, descend to a wood and a gate, and go right. Bear left at the bridleway fork, across a field and into the trees. Keep ahead where the tracks merge, down through the park, towards a small clump of trees. Turn right just before you reach them, to the road.
4 Head left on the tarmac. Shortly after, the road bears right. Go left on a bridleway here, back to the road, then very quickly turn left (the Edensor Tea Cottage is here). Keep ahead and uphill on this road, all the way to another road at the top. Go ahead/left on this, continuing to climb.
5 Just after the tarmac starts to descend, and before it bears right, go ahead/left o it onto a bridleway (just after a farm track). Follow this steeply downhill through the trees, to emerge from the woods and cross the golf course. Drop down the road to the Monsal Trail and turn right on it, under the bridge and left to the car park.