Totley, Holmesfield, and Owler Bar

I travelled to the Cross Scythes pub at Totley and headed south, using the Sheffield  Country Walk. Where the route takes a sharp turn to the left I continued straight ahead for Holmesfield.

I  continued to head south, taking a path that goes next to one of the pubs; the gate I had to pass through was, by a long way, the most complicated and difficult to use and the most physically demanding that I've ever encountered.  I had to check my map several times as I progressed, there are a lot of criss-crossing paths in this area. I don't like passing through fields where there are cows, but it has to be done - I've never seen all white cows before though and so did stop to take a photograph.

There was a short section of road to walk along and then a footpath heading west mainly going through woodland until I reached the path that intersects with Car Lane, a wide track that leads up to Baslow Road. The bus stop is over to the right, back towards Sheffield, and uphill.

I had to wait over an hour for a bus because two didn't turn up. It's a rather uncomfortable place to be stranded for so long, it's very exposed to the weather [which fortunately wasn't too bad], there's certainly not a bus shelter here but neither is there anywhere to sit - there's not even a wall, a boulder or even a grassy bank. I did notice that there's a phone number on the bus stop to ring for information and updates; I'm not sure if the buses on this route have trackers though. Even if I were able to acquire some information it wouldn't really be any use to me. There aren't really any options from this location; the next bus stop is at Owler Bar, a mile away along a busy, dangerous road. There's a wall to sit on, or maybe lean against, and a couple of pubs, one of which is closed for renovation.