Inn Way Completed - Stage 6 Finished 1st June.

Castleton - Edale - Hayfield. 'the old packhorse route between Edale and Hayfield... For many centuries people have walked this way, toiling up the steep slopes, braving biting winds and stinging rain. Before the days of maps and guidbooks, it would have come as great relief and reassurance to see the crudely fashioned Edale Cross at the top of the pass giving both geographical and spiritual guidance... your companions, now as then, are tumbling streams, distant vistas and towering slopes... trade and industry was carried out on foot for many thousands of years; these old packhorse routes were the motorways of their day.' A late afternoon start meant arriving in the evening as the sun went down ~ a fitting end to the Inn Way. Photos on Flickr.