This is my first multi, hope it will be a interesting challenge for you. The night is strongly not recommended as the are no street lamps. You can have a break during or after geohunting.... or just simply enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
Stealth strongly required as the location is around local pub and public pond.
The wording in stages names or description is not to be understood literally but as a clue or guide.
A bit of history of the area.. By the end of the 1780s, the backbone of the English canal system was in place, linking the four main river basins and their sea ports: Severn, Mersey, Trent and Thames. From the Trent near Long Eaton, the Erewash Canal led northwards to Langley Mill.
The Cromford Canal was an extension of the Erewash Canal north to Cromford, with a branch to Pinxton. It gave access to the main canal system for collieries higher up the Erewash Valley and across the watershed in the Derwent Valley and also for the lead smelters at Lea, limestone and gritstone quarries around Crich and Lea, and the ironworks at Alderwasley.
The Act was passed on 15th July 1789. William Jessop was appointed principal engineer, and Benjamin Outram became superintendent of works. Thomas Sheasby and Thomasa Dadford were appointed contractors for the whole canal, but were insolvent by 1791 and Outram was called in to complete the work using a direct labour force.
The canal was open to Pinxton by June 1792, but the opening to Cromford was delayed. Butterley Tunnel was behind schedule, and the long earth embankment and aqueducts across the road and river at Bullbridge were found to be unstable early in 1792. It opened throughout in 1793, but almost immediately the spandrel walls of the stone aqueduct over the Derwent at Leawood partially collapsed. A second massive buttress was added to the south face to rectify this and the canal finally opened throughout in August 1794.