No problem Mark, happy to help.
One place I didn’t get a chance to do earlier is to get in contact with local authorities - I know that Derby and Wolverhampton (if you end up in Wolverhampton you have seriously gone wrong on your trip!) published cycling maps detailing off road cycle routes and especially along canal footpaths.
There are certainly cycle routes along the River Derwent between Derby and Shardlow (quite close to Long Eaton) but there is not too much north of the Derby suburbs that I know of - but I could be wrong.
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