Bolsterstone is a pretty village that feels a lot posher than Stocksbridge a short walk over fields to the north. I found roadside parking on Stone Moor Road. I followed a path east from the village that follows the top of a high edge to Hollim Edge Farm over fields and woodland. After the farm, now a track, it descends through woodlands which today were a wonderful display of bluebells. On the way down I passed a little sculpture remembering the Wantley Dragon slain according to an old ballad by the valiant More of the nearby More Hall.
Soon after this I was on the road where I turned left and soon reached a road on my right leading into the woods. Signs say it is a private road and discourage unauthorised motor vehicles but from the number of cars parked at the other end I think nobody takes any notice. When I got to the reservoir where all the cars were parked I turned left and crossed the dam. Up to this point I met nobody but here it started to get a little busier with lots of dog walkers. I walked along the south side of More Hall Reservoir and was going to do the same with Broomhead Reservoir but there seemed to be no access. (Looking online after I think I maybe could have accessed the south bank bah the reservoir - another time.) I headed through the new build houses in Ewden villiage to reach the path on the north shore which I followed a short way before striking into the woods to try to find a track shown on the map leading back towards the road. This was not where it was supposed to be but after a bit of pathless stumbling around I found a good path which led to a track which led to the road. I followed this, grateful for a pavement, back to the village.
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