I caught the local bus from Bakewell to Middleton-by-Youlgreave and took a track heading southwest over to the road that leads to Friden.
I walked down this road for a few hundred yards and then turned left, taking the footpath that goes down Long Dale, a lovely gentle grassy dale, the grass being lawn-like in some places. In contrast, the next valley I walked along, Gratton Dale, was rather overgrown and progress was a lot more difficult.
I arrived at the hamlet of Dale End and then made my way to the north to reach Bradford.
I walked along Bradford Dale to Alport and then climbed up a quite steep lane and finished the walk by going across Haddon Fields to the bus stop at Haddon Hall, from where there are plenty of buses going back to Bakewell.
