5th June 2024

We shall assemble on foot opposite the car park and toilet block in Alstonfield (I suggest you share vehicles where possible, not only because the Peak Park are now charging extortionate fees for their car parks but also to leave space for others).
I propose to set off at 10.30 am so a 10.15 arrival would be good. The plan, subject to adjustment depending on the weather and the state of the party, is to take the Eastern bank of the Manifold, downstream as far as Castern Hall and then down to Ilam from where we will nip up Bunster
and then head vaguely North before descending through the wood to Ilam Rock. A few short strides up the valley will take us to Milldale and a comfortable rising path back to the departure point. Rather than quoting distances and rise and fall in metres or even poles and perches, I shall undertake to adjust the journeying so that no one is exerted to an undue extent.

Clive Russell