From the car park in Baslow, cross the A621 with care and ascend via Eaton Road, beside the café. On reaching the top of the road, by the grassy triangle, turn right to ascend Bar Road.

Continue along the road, which becomes a track. Stay on the track, skirting the beech wood, and proceed to the Wellington Monument. The monument was erected in 1866 in memory of the famouse Irishman's (trust it - the Iron Duke was born in the Emerald Isle) visit to the home of the Duke of Rutland. Wellington died in 1852; his seafaring equal, Lord Nelson, is similarly honoured with a monument on Birchens Edge, visible across the valley.
The view over the Derwent Valley - behind you as you approach the monument and attain the huge gritstone boulder known as the Eagle Stone (the name is derived from the Saxon Aigle, a gaint who could hurl stones no other human being could raise from the ground). Local legend has it that any young man of Baslow contemplating marriage must first climb the stone to prove his manhood; passing rock-atheletes may find various boulder problems as a diversion, whatever their amatory designs.

Continue along the track over Baslow Edge towards Curbar Edge, with its steep walls of solid grit clearly visible ahead. The track ends at the Curbar Gap, a ladder-stile delivering you onto the minor road through the Curbar village. Turn left and descend the road, with views over the limestone country of Stoney Middleton and Eyam; to the right can be seen the conical summit of Win Hill. As you walk down the road, look out for a stone stile on your left; the footpath here cuts the corner, bringing you back onto the road at the Curbar village.

Descend alongside the road to Calver, where the Bridge Inn offers an opportunity for refreshment. Cross the bridge over the River Derwent; to your left (Calver Mill and the Bridge Inn are to your right) you will see the stile and footpath; follow this path, with the river on your left.

Continue on this course until you join the road at the hamlet of Bubnell. Keep ahead through Bubnell until you reach the bridge, which you cross. Once over the River Derwent, the church of Saint Anne is worth a look. The eastern face of the church clock reads VICTORIA 1897, in place of numerals. The oldest part of the tower dates to the 13th century.

From the church, simply walk alongside the road, past the roundabout and the cavendish Hotel (the serpent's crest is that of the Duke of Devonshire) to reach the car park; the village shop and the pubs hereabouts offer a variety of refreshments. (The Wheatsheaf has a play area for children outside in the beer garden, should you have active youngsters in your party - and if the weather permits).