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Millers Dale Car Park at Wormhill, Buxton SK17 8SN. There is a minimum charge of £2.20.
Another hilly Peak District Walk, with stiles and stepping stones to navigate.
You follow the river Wye and there are plenty of places the dogs can sploosh about and have a swim, you can clearly see where the water is deep and again if there has been lots of rain the current can be quite strong so just keep an eye on your dog at the deep bits.
At the start at the car park and on the monsal trail but other than that you need to carry a pocket of poo for a few miles.
We walked from our campsite called Beltonville Farm http://www.beltonvillefarmcampsite.co.uk/ great campsite, with a no nonsense to noise past 11 rule which they ridgedly stick to, make noise past 11 you get woken up at the crack of dawn and booted off, no excuses we saw it in action. The Anglers Rest in Millers Dale was our final stop before heading back to camp, where you can enjoy lovely food and pint by the river. They also have a hikers bar in the pub with Sir Woofchester's food available to buy, your dog can literally have a roast dinner bowl followed by a Paw Star Dog Martini Drink if you think they have worked hard enough for it!
This walk started from our campsite at Beltonville Farm (well worth a visit, the farm has a shop, a bar and cafe, and regular live music). We left the campsite and walked about a mile to join the Monsal Trail. At the absailing bridge, we then joined the riverside of the Wye to get to the infamous stepping stones and through the stunning limestone cliffs. Obviously please make sure you check the water levels before you go, if its been very rainy the stones are impassable and you have to turn around and walk back the way you came.
Also make sure you have suitable footwear, if its been wet the riverside trail is muddy and some clambering over stones is required, it's definitely not buggy friendly. We followed the river up to Blackwell Mill Cycle Centre (where we stopped and purchased a hot chocolate and a kit kat) and then ascended a steep bank reaching open fields at the top (usually filled with super friendly cows). The actual stepping stones can obviously get very busy, you can't see the end when you start walking on them as they curve around a rock face, so its a bit of a case of 'hoping you don't meet someone half way', just a little pre warn for you. As usual this walk finished with a pint at the local pub (Anglers Rest) before heading back up a really steep hill to get back to camp, but it seemed less steep after a pint!
