WALK DETAILS

719 Eyam to Foolow

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The fields bounced with lambs as we chatted to a stone waller above Eyam. Ahead lay Foolow - nothing to do with fools, for it means frequented by birds. We finished by going to church, not the one in the village, but the rock arch where Reverend Mompesson preached during the plague.


LOCATION: 10 miles east of Chapel-en-le-Frith
START: Eyam Museum car park, toilets (Grid ref 216767)
DISTANCE: 4.5 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: Two and a half hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak
Landranger 119

REFRESHMENTS: Bulls Head & Eyam