(S/E) FromThe Millstone Country Inn front door, cross the road, turn right and walk a short distance down the main road. Beyond the vehicle-activated speed limit sign, turn left down the driveway of Dakins Barn.
(1) At the farm buildings, turn right through a gate and follow a field path steeply downhill to the railway crossing. Cross the railway quickly but carefully, and zigzag down to a metalled drive alongside the River Derwent.
(2) Turn left and follow the drive to Harper Lees. Beyond a stream and before a cattle grid, go through a kissing gate on your right, then walk along the field edge beyond down South.
On regaining the riverside, follow it past the National Trust sign at the beginning of Coppice Wood. Just after a stone bridge, take a hollow way on the left (South - East) that leads uphill away from the river towards the railway.
(3) Exit the wood through a gate, then swing left over a bridge over the railway. Once over the bridge, turn left to re-enter the woodland. Follow the winding woodland path approximately parallel to the railway, at one point ignoring a gate into open fields on your right and fording a small stream.
(4) Eventually leave the wood and descend to the stony driveway to Kettle House. Go straight across, then ignore a crossing path above a railway arch as you enter another wood.
Cross another small stream via stepping stones and continue to the end of the wood. Follow a tumbledown wall beyond, then swing uphill (indicated by a footpath sign) to some steps up to a track.
Turn left then immediately right (before Throstle Nest), passing a rocky outcrop to reach a cattle grid at a junction of tracks. Keep right to return to The Millstone Country Inn. (S/E)
