A: Whaley Bridge, Cracken Edge, Peep O'Day & Birch Vale 11.5 ml
Done: 30/06/2004 (Brian Richards), 12/05/2010 (John Payne)
Start: Whaley Canal Basin SK013816
Pub: – Kinder Lodge, Hayfield (junction of New Mills Rd & bypass 037868) tel: 01663 743613
Maps: 1:25000 - Dark Peak W
Route AM - Lns/fps by Mosley Hall Fm to Buxworth 023818, fb over bypass,fb 028822, Ely/Nly to B6062 & Leaden Knowl, fp Nly to rd jn 035827, ln/fpNEly to The Naze 042835 (lunch, superb views), Cracken Edge Nly to Peep O'Day 048850, Phoside, Ridge Top, rd NE down to Hayfield, Kinder Lodge.
Route PM – Rds Wly by 021866 & up Sly past quarry to 021845, poor fp Swly by The Haugh, over rd 017833 (stile not found), fp (bypass of impenetrable section) under rly 016831 to rd 015829, Wly over Goyt to canal towpath011829, Sly to Whaley
B: Whaley Bridge, Eccles Pike, Whitehough 7.7 ml 1035 ft
Done: 10/09/2014, 02/12/2015, 31/08/2016
Start: Whaley Canal Basin SK012816
Pub: Old Hall Inn, Whitehough 039820
Maps: Dark Peak W
Route AM 4.4mi: Rds/trk/fp S/E to rd 020808, fp NNE almost to Buxworth 023817. SE/Ely, round Eccles Pike, via Lidgate to Charley Lane 049815. Rd 200m N, trk (Tramway) Wly to pub.
Route PM 3.3mi: Trk W/N to rd 024822, rd/fp NWly by Knowltop, Waterside, to canal 011830, canal S back to cars.