Directions
1. Leave the car park and enter Seven Fields passing the notice board and turn immediately right and walk around this first field known as "The Old Events Field", stay on the path as it turns left in the top corner and continue along the top edge of the field which backs on to Whitworth Road Cemetery.
2. Just after the wooden bench in the next corner, cut through the tree line ahead of you and into "Cemetery Field”. Continue ahead and around this field turning left in the corner and continue down the field and almost back to the car park.
3. Now turn right, walk across the bridge and turn right again, then walk along the cycle path following the stream on your right.
4. After a short way, you turn left into the next field, called "Lark Meadow". However, before you do, you will notice some steps down to the stream, this is where Tara & Pip often stop for a drink and a paddle and you can also see where the limestone forms a waterfall. Sometimes we will walk past this turning and play fetch for a while in the large playing field a few yards further on. Once you’re ready enter "Lark Meadow" follow the path down the right hand side of the field, past the bench to join a gravel path.
5. Turn right and head up the gravel path then take the second turning on the left and walk along the foot path between the trees.
6. After short stroll through, turn left at the big tree at the edge of the Copse, and make your way down the hill keeping left to bring you back into the top of "Spring Field". Continue along the gravel path for about 200 yards and then turn right and walk down the centre of the field to the wooden bridge.
7. Cross the bridge into "Half Moon Ground", turn right and walk around this field. If you would like to visit all seven fields you can leave "Half Moon Ground" in the first corner (see map) and take the tarmac path over the bridge and up the hill for a few yards where you will find "Furrow Field" on the left. Otherwise continue walking around the field in an anti-clockwise direction.
8. As you approach the bungalows, turn left and walk along the cycle path. If you have had enough walking, turn right at the bridge to get back to the car park. If you want a little more exercise, turn left into the next field called "Long Meadow" and head straight up the middle of it to reach a gravel path.
9. At the path and information board turn right, and then right again at the T Junction, and follow the path between the trees, over the bridge and back to the car park.
Trail recorded October 2008
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