Broomfield - Smalley Jan 25th 2022

 Another new local walk. Anne gave Meg and myself a lift to Broomfield college where the plan was to walk back to Smalley via Stanley Common and Smalley Dam. However, part way through I made a change of direction and came back via Morley.

The first mistake was the footpath near to the Broomfield entry. The footpath entered a field and after a circuit of this field I couldn't find a way out. I could see the disused railway the other side of the fence and a brook but no way to get to it. I went back to the road and after a scary section of narrow footpath and vehicles hurtling around the bends I saw a gap in the hedge opposite which gave us access to the disused railway.

The trail up to Lime lane was nice and easy ....straight ahead.

Once I crossed Lime Lane the footpaths became less easy to follow, so when I finally got to the intersection with the Centenary Way I decided to turn left and follow that to Morley where I could pick up the trail I knew back to Smalley via Morley , Breadsall Priory Golf course, Brackley Gate and Woodside.

Brilliant walk , with lots of options to vary it, so I'll definitely be repeating this.

The walk mapped above is about 7 miles. Given I started at the wrong point and had a couple of navigation errors I covered 8 miles today.