Map by kind permission of the Blackpool Gazette

The route now passes across a farm yard to a wooden gate and continues climbing up the fell side with hedgerow on the left.

After crossing a wall keep ahead to a field corner and turn left through another ancient squeeze stile. 

Cross a drive of a handsome white property on the left

and after a stone stile

 pass a row of cottages cross to a stone stile leading into a patch of woodland.

On emerging from this follow the path uphill to the right of a large property.

When you reach a lane turn left. 

After 100 metres turn right onto a footpath that continues the ascent to the ridge initially with the wall on the right and then after crossing it at a stone stile on the left.

By now views are opening out in all directions.

Cross Forty Acre Lane

and follow a path across two broad fields

 to arrive at Clitheroe Old Road. Keep ahead on a farm track that leads downhill past Dilworth Brows Farm

and after a wooden gate

 drops to Written Stone Lane (another farm track.)

Turn left. As this track nears Written Stone Farm it becomes quite overgrown with nettles.

 At a second metal gate the way is left but by turning right you will quickly come to the curiosity of the Written Stone reputedly laid down to confine a boggart.

Retracing your steps walk up the lane through Cottam House Farm

 and turn left onto a broad track at a signpost pointing to the New Drop Inn.

After passing farm sheds the track bends sharply right.

Continue through a metal gate

 to turn left on a path leading uphill towards the manicured lawns of Longridge Golf Club.

Beyond a metal gate

turn diagonally right to cross a large pasture that will bring back to Old Clitheroe Road.

Cross this to a path that traverses two fields to Forty Acre Lane.

Turn right and stay on the lane 500 metres reaching the impressively Forty Acre Farm.

Opposite the farmhouse turn left onto a footpath leading out on the fairways of the golf club.

Assisted by green marker posts walk across the course paying due heed to the activities of golfers.

 The path drops into a thick conifer plantation.

After a wall and a fire break

the path descends through woodland to emerge above Dale House.

 The path leads down to the drive.

 On reaching it turn left and then past a barn turn left into a pasture crossing it with a fence on the left to a wooden mesh gate to enter a wood.

Cross a small brook and bear right on a grassy path that leads round to a stile.

Cross this and turn left. After a metal gate cross a wooden stile to re-enter the woods.

 The way follows the edge of them to the far side to a stile almost hidden by a large holly bush. 

After this continue to cross two wooden footbridges

on a path that leads up to Bradleys Farm.

Accessing the yard by a wooden gate turn right and keep ahead to a stile close to a barn.

In the next field aim ahead to a stile close to a huge sycamore tree.

This leads into the court yard of White Fold. Keep on the drive as it turns right leading down to a lane.

 Turn left. Follow the lane for 500 metres and then turn right onto a footpath

leading down to a recently constructed duck pond.

 Past the pond cross a depression on the left and then keep ahead over two fields with hedgerow on the left.

In the third field when you see a stile on the left turn right

 and walk to the bottom left corner of the field.

After a wooden stile turn left on a path leading up to Little Town Dairy.

From here you retrace your earlier steps back to the Derby.