Penistone is a small town just out of Sheffield on the edge of the Pennines. Its correctly pronunciation has the first two syllables rhyme with ‘Denis’ – of course it does - but I have heard of local schoolkids enjoying pronouncing it wrong for a laugh. Parking in the town centre on a Sunday is easy and free. I found a space just along the road from the rather splendid Paramount Cinema. Walking back from here towards the station there is signposted access to the Trans-Pennine trail. I followed this easily and pleasantly passing countless dog-walking-locals till it met the A628 Manchester Road near Ecklands. Here I turned right onto the busy road but only momentarily as almost at once a path turns off left acriss a field towards Ecklands. According to a sign a bull lives in this field but happily he was not there today so reached the hamlet with having to test my courage in the face of cattle. From the hamlet I picked up a muddy track running southeast then southwest climbing the eastern slopes of Hartcliff Hill. Left at the top of the track onto a quiet road then left again after a few hundred metres onto a path which circles the upper part of the hill then heads down towards Hill Side. From there very pleasantly across fields until getting back into Penistone and regaining the Trans-Pennine trail. Just over 5 miles.
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