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2017.12.10 - Malin Bridge, up River Rivelin, cross A6101 @ ~ SK312878, ~SW to / on Long Lane, FPs up to Bell Hagg (old PH) @ ~ SK308872, cross A57 Rd, up / along Edge (golf club), cross Lodge Lane, on Edge (keep on highest path), cross stepping stones at Wyming Brook, ~N then ~ W around 'Ash Cabin Flat' to join Conduit Path, FP ~ N down to Foot Bridge, cross A57, Surrey Farm, up towards Crawshaw Lodge, Rod Side (Road) to E, then left ~N on Beeton Green (Rd) to Load Brook, FP to Hall Broom (farm), Corker Lane (east side), Damflask Reser / embankment, Loxley Rd, down Stacey Bank, River Loxley, Malin Bridge - John Taylor - Sunday (about 15 miles)

Heron - auspicious sighting at start of walk

on Long Lane

zoomed in to Bell Hagg - once an old Inn on the Manchester Road (A57)

turning off Long Lane to climb up to Bell Hagg

Bell Hagg now residential accommodation? Our party to left climbing up to Manchester Road

from Manchester Road a further climb up to the edge.

note the stump of a tree which apparently grew out of the rocks below

benches just before Lodge Lane

the farm(s) on Lodge Lane - possibly also a caravan site or store?

the upper and lower Rivelin Dams

The lower Rivelin Dam - note the spillway cutting across the embankment

crossing the stepping stones at the top of Wyming Brook

a glimpse of Wyming Brook Farm

on the Conduit footpath

view from the conduit northwards - Surrey Farm seen at bottom - Crawshaw Lodge at top in middle of picture

only the top of Head Stone visible where this picture was taken

closer in to Surrey Farm and Crawshore Lodge

footbridge over Rivelin Brook

the brook downstream of the bridge

more of Head Stone seen where this picture taken

snow & ice on stiles needs careful crossing

looking back (south) across the A57 (Manchester Road) at moorland

entrance to Crawshaw Lodge (also a footpath which we did not take on this walk)

Load Brook?

Hall Broom (farm)

ongoing works at Damflask Reservoir

Damflask Reservoir and it's embankment seen from Loxley Road

the 'odd couple' have been here for many years

path(s) down Loxley Valley cannot avoid the unsightly view of derelict / decaying / unsightly former industrial buildings - will they still be here in 100 /200 years time???