How to restore Calendars using Time Machine

Hi there,
After reading several postings (especially https://discussions.apple.com/message/16446185#16446185) I thought to understand how to restore my Calendars from Time Machine after creating a big mess using iCloud...
So far so good:
1. Open Finder and select Go > Library - using the Alt key- (so the folder "Calendars" is shown)
2. Enter Time Machine
3. Go to the date from which to restore
But:
4. Then the Destination Window opens
So I try to find my way to, you might guess, Home > Library... can't be seen. It's hidden. And now the Go > (press Alt = ) Library is grayed out.
So, how to make this work?

Pondini provided what looks like it might work:
Re: Restoring Backed up iCal folder to desktop: copy permission error 
Mar 24, 2012 4:09 PM (in response to PeterSnyder)
I've not tried it with Calendar files, but you might want to try the workaround in #E10 ofTime Machine - Troubleshooting.

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