A: Macclesfield Canal, Bollington, Sponds Hill, Bowstones & Lyme Park 12.25 ml
Done: 12/12/2001 (Howie)
Start: car park by Middlewood Way SJ942827
Pub: Poachers Inn, Sowcar, Bollington Quite well received
Maps: - 1:25,000: Dark Peak W & White Peak W; 268 Wilmslow, Macc & Congleton
AM Route : FP SE to Macc Canal 947824 ; canal towpath 2.5mi S/SEly to 929797 & fp E to rd (Sugar Lane); rd S 175m; ESEly on fp at first beside Stiperson Pool then concession fp up to higher path & to rd (Long Lane) 936794 ; rd 900m Sly; fps & rds SWly to Sowcar, Poachers Inn 943779
PM. Route : Rd/fp (Gritstone Trl)/rd NEly/Ely to rd 970792; Gritstone Trl/trespass Nly by Sponds Hill, Bowstonegate, Monkhouse Memorial to East Lodge; fps ENE/NWly/Wly by Bollinhurst Br, Green Lane, Red Lane; Fps etc by Elmerhurst Cott to fp junction 954824; fps down Wly by Green & Throstlenest Fms to Macc Canal 947824 and then to cars
N.B.: Changed start from Red Lane as looks 'iffy' for parking. May want to change pub.
B: Middlewood Way, Lyme Park 7.4 ml 1111 ft
Done: 01/09/2021, 15/02/2023
Coordinator: Richard Evans
Start: car park by Middlewood Way SJ942827
Pub: Boars Head Poynton SJ943833
Maps: Dark Peak West
AM Route: to rd, fp E/SE via Haag Farm to canal. Cross, fp/rd ENE to 955824, S/E to Bowstonegate, N/NW/N over Cage Hill, Parkgate, trk SW to Macclesfield Canal. Towpath S to 945832, where cross rd to pub.
PM Route: Middlewood Way S to cars.