​From Low Bradfield you can get to High Bradfield up the road of by a footpath a bit to the west leading up to the church which is what I have always done. Today for a change I took the footpath a bit to the west that starts at some way marked steps at the western tip of Damflask Reservoir. On getting to High Bradfield round a corner to join a thing the OS map calls the Sheffield Country Walk up a tiny hill called Castle Hill where if there was once a castle bot much remains. It’s easy going along paths a farm tracks past various little settlements as far as the carpark on Long Lane by Loxley Edge. Back along Myers Lane then downhill past Loxley House to the B6077 near the reservoir which I followed back to Low Bradfied past the sailing club. I had not realized Sheffield, not a notably maritime place, had a sailing club but it does.

I started in the car park by Fox Holes Lodge by Rivelin Reservoir, walked down the road a bit then up the lovely little gorge that is Wymong Brook. Neat the top there are two farms both of which the OS map tells us are called Wyming Brook Farm – or maybe it is one farm with scattered farm buildings. One of them has camping faciilties and sells take away coffee. From here I walked on past the three reservoirs and up the hill to Stanedge Pole. From Redmires Road by the upper reservoir, a path heads north over the moor.  I followed it in failing light then branched left top follow a path along Head Stone back to Wymong Brook Drive. I lost the main path towards the end but I got where I needed to be.    

From Hathersage up onto Stanage Edge and back again is one the the rightly classic shortish Peak District walks. I have done it many times but do not weary of it – it allows loads of small variations. Today I went up past the church and on up by Carr Head Farm with its vineyard and colourful outdoor décor across to the high road called the Dale that curves up and round below the edge. After it turns and rises to Callow Bank there is a short path up the trig point. II followed the Edge for about a mile. It was busy today, this beautiful January Saturday. Countless people, some playing with paragliders. I took a path down through the woods past the public toilets and  North Lees house and so homet.

The Peak DIstrict was very very busy today. Happily there is always parking at Chatsworth.   From the carpark I walked up past the farm and right into Stride Wood. South first above the house past a pond on the left then sharp right to where an aqueduct looms above the path.  Here there is a steep, partly stepped path up path the waterfall leading to another N-S path which I followed north to some more steps that I climbed to another N-S path. There are a lot of paths hereabouts. North to the Hunting Tower and on to Dobb Edge. I followed this to the main path near the road but lost the main path near the end and cut a corner on an unpleasantly exiguous path through dead ferns.  Heading back Weston the main path I was heading to the Jubilee Rock but was distracted by a huge herd of red deer which I lingered to admire cutting another corner to pick up the track back to the car park past the Game Larder.   

There is room to park high on Leck Fell a little before Leck Fell House. From there up past the big cairns going by the name the Three Men of Gragareth to the top of Gragareth. Then a ridge walk over Green Hill to Great Coum then on to Crag Hill. It’s quite a complicated way home from here but there are paths on the ground down the SW ridge of Crag Hill, into the rather splendid Ease Gill, down it a bit and then  over the moorland back to Leck Fell House  

I started at Kardale Head car park (again). Then walked round the lake to the start of the lovely easy scarmble that is Rough Crag. Towards the place where the ridge cimbls up onto High Street I passed by some people supporting someone doing something quite mad on some kind of high wire suspended over Blea Water. Then I made the lovely stroll along the plateau to the top of High Street, followed by an east ridge walk to Rampsgill and Kidsty. There is a little more easy scrambing coming down Kidsty Howes. Getting back down to Bowderthwaite Bridge I met a couple of young Dutch walker who had got into a little difficulty after she slipped and damaged her foot. With a little help from a very nice person from the Haweswater Hotel I saw them safely back to the car park.

I parked at Mardale car park on Haweswater and headed up the Gatescarth Pass to the top off the pass where a path branches off to Branstree. Then on to High Howes past a curious looking old survey pillar and on to Seldside Pike. Back the way I came but bypassing High Howes to the north. (There is a path.)  

I parked by Moorahill Farm where there is lots of space on the grass verges and no one seems to mind. Then walked along minor roads up to Rough Hill and on up the shoulder the map calls The Pen onto the top of Loadpot Hill. Easily south then down the ridge on the old Roman road to Wether Hill then down over Low Cop and the shoulder the map calls the Hause.

A day on the quiet Back o’Skiddaw hills partly with a view to scoop up recently promoted Nuttall, Little Lingy Hill. Aka Miller Moss. Parked in Fellside. A steady trudge leads to the friendly top of High Pike with its park bench and its viewfinder keeping the trig point company. Then it's easy high level wandering over the tops. Hare Stones. Great Lingy Hill. Little Lingy Hill. There’s a path down into the Dale Beck valley on the north side of Clints Gill then a track up the valley and over the side of Hay Knott back to Fellside.  

With Ed. At Hulme End there is a pay and display car park. But the coffee shop people let you park for free as long as you like in their car park so long as you buy something three. Which we did. We walked over fields to Westside Mill then zigzagged up to Ecton Hill. Then down and up to grab both tops of Wetton Hill. Then down to Wetton Mill where there is another nice coffee shop. Then back up the valley to the car.