A: Errwood, Combs, Eccles Pike, Buxworth, Horwich End & Fernilee 11 ml
B: Errwood & Combs 6.6 ml 1484 ft

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29/11/2023 10:00 - 16:00

A: Errwood, Combs, Eccles Pike, Buxworth, Horwich End & Fernilee 11 ml
Done: 06/03/1996 (Ian Howie), 02/03/2005 (Geoff Edge), 16/02/2011 (Ian Wasson)
Start: Errwood, foot of incline SK019759
Pub: Navigation, Buxworth Basin OK, chips, bit posh but good ambiance
Maps: Dark Peak W -
Route AM: Fps ENE/NE up to Whitehall, by Allstone Lee to rd R Fm 044782, fps NE & NNEly, under rly & WNWly by Marsh Hall to B5470 Cockyard 042800, ln/fps Nly to Lidgate 041812, Wly to Eccles Pike down N to fps WNWly to rd 022818, rd/fb to Buxworth Basin, Navigation
Route PM: Joined by Rosie Payne: rd/fps W/Sly by Roosdyche & Over Leigh to rd 014806, rds zig-zag Wly thro Horwich End to 010802, fps up along Goyt to cars

B: Errwood & Combs 6.6 ml 1484 ft
Done: 11/12/2019, 19/01/2022
Start: Bunsal Cob East side of Erwood Reservoir Dam SK019758
Pub: Beehive, Combs 041785
Maps: Dark Peak
Route AM: 3.6m Trl ENE to White Hall 032765, Old Road/trk/rd NNW/NNE/E by Wythen Lache, Spire Hollins Farm to Combs.
Route PM: 3.0mi: Rd/Trk/fp SE/SW by Rye Flatt Farm, Combs Head farm to White Hall, trl WSW to cars.

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