So I finally did this route overnight on Saturday in the dark and torrential rain. Well I did most of it but missed off the section round Youlgreave as I was soaked wet through and still had to cycle home to Chesterfield.
Overall not a bad route. I used the MTB and there were a couple of overgrown sections and boggy sections where I was glad of it. I thought some of the route choices were a little odd, for example rather than staying on the manifold trail south of Hulme End it tries to take you off on some quiet roads. Also there is a section from Crowdecote to Pilsbury that has you crossing a load of boggy fields full of cows and gates. Gave it up as a bad job as I didn’t fancy trotting through there on my own at night and instead looped around on the road to the NE.
Apart from that pretty good and I’m sure it would be very pretty in the day when you can enjoy the scenery.
