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A walk of two halves.
Park at Alsop Station (SK15595 54861). Cross the A515 and walk down Milldale Road, quite a steep decent. When you reach Lode Mill access the river walk . Follow the river along and enjoy the beauty of Wolfscote Dale.
At Coldeaton Bridge stay on the right side of the river and continue along. To your right will be thickly wooded slopes. As you pass a cave to the right the woods cease and you can see Peasland rocks to the left on the opposite bank of the river. The path splits here you can choose to go onwards along Wolfscote Dale or take the right path along Biggin Dale (we did).
As you walk along Biggin Dale Limestone scree slopes will be to your left. Keep following the path until you come to a sign for Hartington, follow this. But after 180m or so the path splits again this time do not take the path to Hartington but keep walking straight on, follow the path for Biggin.
Eventually you will climb out of the valley, you should pass a sewage works to the left. You are now on a road, turn right and walk up to Biggin village. If you fancy a drink the pub is nice, with gardens to sit in.
Once out of the pub! Continue along the road until you come to a railway bridge to join the Tissington Trail southbound. This section of the trail is raised and gives some open views of the surrounding countryside. To be honest, I found this section a little boring in the end, especially after the beauty of the two dales, (it seems longer than it probably is), however, you could practice fast walking. Watch out for fast cyclists coming from behind you! Eventually you will return to the car park at Alsop.
Once back here we sat in a field and had a picnic and short snooze, it was a great end to the walk.
WOLFSCOTE DALE, BIGGIN DALE & TISSINGTON TRAIL ~ DERBYSHIRE
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