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. Heading down into the valley, through fields and back along the other side of the valley on the old railway line which is now a gravel track.
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 Moorlands farm and follow the footpath for around a mile and a half through the farm fields and then along a track called Daleside Road.
The footpath then gets to a crossroads where our route turns left across the valley over a tream and through to Craven Garth Farm and beyond to Daleside Road (newer, tarmacked version) 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 on the lefthand side, just after the woods is a track to the left, downhill to Dale Head Farm.
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 car park and Tiggy.
One final pic along the valley where we walked.
The other Rosedale routes: