A: Marple Bridge, Lyme Park, Black Hill, New Mills & Mellor Church 11.5 ml
Done: 18/08/1999 (Howie)
Coordinator: Mary Edgerton
Start: Lane Ends, SJ974901
Pub: Rock, New Mills good, comfortable, pleasantly received, no dogs
Maps: Dark Peak W - 109 Manchester; 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield
Route AM: Rd/fp/rd S/WSW to rd jn 966892; ln/fp Sly by Bottom's Br & up to canal 964881; towpath to 969861; fps/rd/fp SW/Sly by Chy to A6 Lyme Park Gate 965845; drive/fp SEly by Cockhead (coffee) to fp jn 981832; fps etc ENE/NNE by Redmoor Fm & Ln, over A6 996846; to New Mills, Rock Tavern
Route PM: Down to Torrs & up to rd New Mills Bus Sta 000854; rds/fps NWly/Nly by Golf Course, Shaw Fm, Capstone to rd Whetmorehurst 983879; rd/fps etc Nly/NNWly by Mellor Ch (tea & failed to find the archaeological dig), Greenhill, Mill Brow to Lane Ends
N.B.: 2024 - Mary Howie has cordially invited us round for morning coffee beforehand, and to park on her drive.
B: Lane Ends, Cloughend, Far Slack, & Rowarth 7.6 ml 1126 ft
Done: 30/01/2013, 24/06/2015, 15/03/2017, 06/09/2017, 27/06/2018, 19/06/2019, 14/06/2023
Start: Lane Ends, SJ974901
Pub: Little Mill, Rowarth 011890 (tel 01663 747 678)
Maps: - 1:25,000: Dark Peak W
Route AM 4.0mi: Lanes/fps E/NE/E by Cloughend, Picking Rods to fp junction 009909. Trk/fp/rd S to Rowarth, Little Mill.
Route PM 3.6mi: Rd WNW to 004893, trk/fps S/W to rd. Rd SW to 999887, trk Wly to 983889. Trl Nly to 982896, trk to rd 981897, rd W/NW to cars.