Leave the eastern end of the lay-by along a field-edge track. At the top corner, turn left beside the wall towards trees. Wind with Sprodley Brook to continue at the perimeter of the wood. Where the path later crosses the stream, head away, passing left of a field-pond. Bear right along a track to meet a lane.

You can short-cut the walk by going left. Otherwise keep ahead to High Moor Lane. Turn right, but immediately past High Moor Restaurant, leave left along a drive. After 600yds (549m), at a bend, bear right through a gate along a contained path. Reaching a junction by a wood, walk left, continuing beyond at the field-edge. Carry on past another wood, swinging right around its corner. Turn left in the next corner to a gate/stile onto the wooded heath crowning Harrock Hill. Bear left to find the windmill.

Continue beyond the ruin, moving left to join a wall into the corner of the wood. Over a stile on the left, a path drops to the right. Entering a field, carry on downhill. Exit at the bottom and follow a track ahead, skirting right past a farm to meet Jackson's Lane. Go left.

At the end, head left up Hunter's Hill. Opposite a house, a bridleway leaves on the right. Approaching a car park, take the first path off right, skirting a nature reserve, then descending beside a quarry. Just past the quarry gates, go left, climbing beside the perimeter fence. After 150yds (137m), watch for steps dropping to the field below. Head straight out, leaving left of cottages onto a lane. Climb left to a road beside the Rigbye Arms at High Moor. Walk right for 75yds (69m), then turn right along the drive to Stoney Bank House. Slip through the right-hand hedge to a parallel path, continuing through a gate onto a track (where the short cut joins).

Go right and bend left before a cottage, walking between hedges and then later across open fields to the corner of a wood. Over a stile on the left, head down beside a ditch, which shortly deepens to a clough. Carry on into woodland, finally dipping across the stream to climb to the A5209.

Walk left to a bend, crossing to a stile on the right. Head downfield, exiting onto a lane at the bottom. Turn right and first left, going over a level crossing to the canal. Over the bridge, drop left and follow the footpath to the right, away from the bridge.

Leave at the next bridge, cross and follow a winding track over the railway to a lane. Go right, briefly joining a contained path below houses before resuming the ongoing track. Beyond a wood, faced with gates, cross a stile on the right to another parallel path. Emerging into fields, head across to a stile into Delf Wood and Fairy Glen.

Follow the path left, over a bridge and up steps to a junction. Go left, later crossing a bridge and eventually climbing to a junction by another bridge. Stay on this bank past another junction, ultimately emerging onto the main road. The lay-by is to the right.