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Bear left, then immediately right leaving the road at a stile. Go ahead, crossing a small brook, then bear half left to a stile. Go half left to cross another ditch, then follow the hedge on the right to the road. Bear right uphill for 250 metres to a stile on the left. Go ahead from the stile, descend crossing a brook, then climb slightly right before bearing left to enter Parwich. Go past the church, then left at a green, to the village pond. These are all caves that you can find on walks in the Peak District, whilst some are relatively small a head torch will be handy to explore some of them. It means you can see where you’re going and you have your hands free if you need them!
The cave has wonderful views of below Stanage Edge, but if you think it will offer you shelter you’ll probably be disappointed, I stopped for lunch there on the 9 Edge walks and it was just as cold as sitting on the top! Continue on towards Grangemill, then as the road descends, take a path on the left. On reaching the lane turn left and continue to the Holly Bush Inn at the crossroads of the Via Gellia. Keep left on the pavement and cross the busy road to a bridlewayThere are no public toilets available at the start of the walk at Gradbach or the rest of the walk. The car park at Gradbach is a small free car park for up to about 20 cars.If possible, arrive early during peak times to guarantee a space. Please note there is no additional parking on the roads due to the narrow lanes leading up to the car park. Please note, there are NO toilets here, they even have a sign, but apparently, everyone still asks! Looking down to the Monsal Trail There is an option to buy either the standard map or you can buy a waterproof one. If you opt for the standard one, which is cheaper I’d recommend getting a map case as well, I use this one from SealLine, so far it’s not let me down. And they take you around the corner out of sight so if it’s busy on the trail you might need to turn around as I can imagine they aren’t easy to pass other people on. Chee Dale Stepping Stones
On Windows) To copy a map to the clipboard : use CRTL PRINT-SCREEN (thats press and hold the CTRL key, then press PRINT SCREEN). You can then paste it into MS Word.
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OpenStreetMap is an opensource global crowd sourced map. It is better at showing footpaths than the OS in some places. Follow the steep downhill towards the river. You can now turn left and head up to meet the Monsal Trail. This is a very popular route with walkers, runners and cyclists. An old railway line, the great thing is that it’s flat so anyone can walk along the trail.
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