Total Distance: 5.5 miles
Total Ascent/descent: 500ft
This walk starts in Eyam where the coach park is at the top of the town and
some 4/500 yards from the centre where the tea room and the Miner's Arms are
situated. The trail, however, leaves
shortly after the coach park. To have a
coffee/teacake before we start would mean walking from the coach to the tearoom
and then backtracking to the point where we leave Eyam. This will add some 1/2 mile to the walk
which, I guess, some will want to do while others do not. So I will take a vote as we are ready to set
off and we will follow the will of the majority. The walk is 6 miles long but could be cut by
1 mile.
The walk is principally over pasture and stiles (some harder than others)
with a few gradients but nothing to deter a fit C walker. There are constant lovely views all around as
we cross the fields, at one stage skirting round a disused quarry. The trail passes wide of Foolow going towards
Stanley House where we will turn to start back to Eyam but, this time, going
through the charming village of Foolow. After a short distance on the road back
to Eyam, the route leads across the
fields and into Eyam and the coach park.
Again, if you want tea/a drink after debooting you will have to repeat
the process above.
Distance 6 miles but could be cut by
1 mile.
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