Around Caldonlow
From the road corner head east along the gravel track, walking away from Cauldon. At the first corner go straight on for a track along a small valley. Pass a barn on your right, go through a slot or swing gate and then take the right fork along a wide dirt track. Go through the second gate ahead of you and after 25 paces go right, through an overgrown area, for a small stile into a wide, sloping field. Carry on straight up the hill.
At the far top corner of the field, go through a gate and straight across the next field to a gap in the wall ahead. After the gap, head for the far left-hand corner of the next field and cross a stile onto the A52. Bear left for 100yds (91m), then turn right along the narrow metalled road past Weaver Farm. As the road veers to the left it meets a fence. Go right, back on yourself, up the hill towards a gate in the dry-stone wall.
After crossing the stile here keep following the dry-stone wall to your right. At the next gate continue in the same direction, with the wall to your left. At the end of this wall bear slightly right to join another wall on the right and follow it to the gate.
Before crossing the dry-stone wall ahead, go left for 100yds (91m) and then right over a stile, before making straight for the trig point. From the trig point retrace your steps to the stile, but instead of crossing it, head left across the field, making for the dry-stone wall at the bottom. Follow this wall northwest and alongside the Wardlow quarry.
Continue as far as the A52 and go straight across, following a public footpath sign. Continue over the thistly plateau of this field to a stile.
Turn right, go over another stile and along a waymarked route through the narrow belt of trees. At the far end go ahead through young trees. Cross the stile in the far right corner and go left between the fence and wall. At the second stile turn right and go down the field edge to a stile. Go left for 100yds (91m) and then right along a trail through a narrow valley. At the bottom of the valley rejoin the main track to return to the start point.
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