(S/E) Exit the top The Pack Horse Inn car park via the gate at the rear, and walk up the field, before bearing right (North-West) to the public footpath along the wall.
At the top of the field, join a short walled path to the right of a castellated house that leads out to Castle Edge Road.
(1) Turn left (South-West). When the road bends left, turn right up (North-West) the driveway of Castle Edge Farm. (For a slightly shorter walk, stay on the road and rejoin the route described here at waypoint (3).)
Walk past the farmhouse and go through a gate, then at the end of the barn on your right, turn left through a hand-gate beside a field gate. Turn right and walk along the top of two fields. In the third field, beyond a wooden step stile, bear half left to the corner of a wooded garden marked by a large stone.
(2) Turn left (South) here, along the side of the wood. At the bottom of the field, a stile on your right leads out to a driveway. Turn left past a large pond and walk down to a gate, then follow the drive round to the left until you reach the road.
(3) Turn right. (The shortcut carry on from here) Turn left into Apple Tree Road opposite the track to Shaw Farm, by New Mills Golf Club. After 60 yards, turn left onto the golf course at a public footpath sign.
Follow the wall on your left across the course to a gate into a walled green lane. Follow the lane to Whitle. Bear right between the cottages and through a gate. Cross the stile opposite and walk down between fences to join the track beyond. Walk down the track to the road, and turn left to return to The Pack Horse Inn. (S/E)