A regular walking spot, normally following the gravel track around the valley (see Blakey ridge and around the valley). I decided it was time to explore the valley itself so picked the below route I followed in an anticlockwise direction.
Parking at the usual parking spot here which can get a bit busy on sunny weekends.
I followed the track down the hill, past the Blakey Junction information sign into the valley in a fairly straight direction down to Moorlands Farm.
Turn right at the farm adn follow the footpath through the farm fields fora around a mile and a half.
The footpath then gets to a crossroads where our route turns left across the valley through to Craven Garth Farm and beyond to Daleside Road and Hill Cottages.
Just before you get to the cottages it's a left turn up a fairly steep track to the old railway track path on the other side of the valley.
Follow the track past the minework ruins for around a mile and a half.
The track passes alongside a small wooded area, just after the woods is a track to the left, downhill back across the valley.
Follow the path through Dale Head Farm and over this footbridge.
After the footbridge it's just a couple of fields until you are back at Moorlands Farm where we were earlier in the trek. Following the same path back up the hill to the carpark.
One final pic along the valley where we walked.
The other Rosedale routes: