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2022.08.17 – Start Marple Station SJ.963:893, ~S to A626 Station Rd, SW along road crossing The Peak Forest Canal and turn off on Winnington Road NW but then directly ENE on Bradshaw Rd, turn ~N passing Allotments (unmarked on map) then ~W along their N-edge, continue WSW passing  Cricket Ground and continue ~W to cross Bridge over rail track at SJ.951:891, continue ~W to Marple Hall Drive  and then WNW (passing plaque about demolished Hall) and continuing passed Education Facility to SJ.942:895, turn SW passed Playing Field then ~W to Dooley Lane at SJ.937:893, follow Lane N to Garden Centre / miniature railway but cross bridge ~W over River Goyt and continue ~N & join  Vale Road ENE then at SJ940:899 ~N towards Kirk Wood & Burymewick & P.F.Canal at SJ.940:903, but en-route turn in NE to see at SJ.940:902 Chadkirk, Anglican Church (formerly a non-conformist Chapel), and then return to path N to canal), follow P.F.Canal  ~E, but at Hyde Bank Tunnel divert to its N-side above it then E / SSE back to the line of canal, follow canal ESE towards Aqueduct, but just before it, go down to River Goyt to see the faces of the Aqueduct and the Railway Viaduct behind, return back up to canal level and follow canal over the Aqueduct. The P.F. Canal turns, ~SE then S, climbing up the Locks, and passes Marple Station on its West side, and continues up to the junction with The Macclesfield Canal at SJ.961:884, but continue on P.F.Canal to point S where FP crosses W to Hill Top Farm, but turn SSE down to the B6102 Road at SJ.966:875, follow road S / SSE to SJ.967:871, V-turn ~N off Road down to River Goyt and cross arched pedestrian bridge (Roman Bridge) at about SJ.967:873 to Strawberry Hill, continue ~E in tunnel under railway line to Windybottom Farm, path meanders to South then Eastward up to The Banks SJ.980:873, then as BW SSE / SE to Inn at SJ.986:864, follow Goyt Way meandering S to Hague Bar and cross the B6101 Road at SJ.986:857, and then cross bridge over Rail Track, V-turn ESE thru Mousley Bottom, then on road ENE up to New Mills Central Railway Station SJ.997:853.

Took tea and cakes in town before returning to Station for train to Sheffield.

Leader – Gordon Purseglove – 16 on walk – 11miles

1 Party arrives at Marple Station

2 leader briefs party on walk

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8 took this road - see plaque in 26 and note about John Bradshaw

9 verdant allotment? not marked on map?

14 several disjointed paths and roads were followed

19 fungi

21 superb garden

24 a road followed - see plaque in 26

25 in Bradshaw Hall Garden?

25 Site of Marple Hall - home of the Brasshaws - one of whom signed the Death Warrant of Charles I

30 tea break - party spread out over several areas
32 Looks as if it collects and dispatches information? But what is it?
34 miniature railway - but we had no tickets to ride
35 River Goyt
39 Flowers
40 sheep in the shade despite there being no 'hot weather warning'
43 friends of Chadkirk notice board 45 presumably there were no Abbots attached to the chapel in its original 'non-conformance' state before being taken over?
56 Check Wikkipedia for history of Chapel.
48 Garden at Chadkirk
49 plough in Chadkirk garden
54 Chadkirk - note gravestones laid flat
55 one of the gravestones - a precarious life for children

59 Chadkirk Farm
60 note on Farm
61up towards The Peak Forest Canal
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67 where there is decay there are fungi
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76 crossing over the top of Hyde Tunnel
82 reflections of part of our group
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87 canal in narrow cut - possibly technical or financial reason?

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90 seen near Aqueduct

91 The Marple Aqueduct to right with the Railway Viaduct to left

95 Aqueduct seen from below with railway viaduct behind

97 interesting alternate design for The Aqueduct - presumably in cast-iron not accepted

102 another glimpse of the railway viaduct behind

105 view of viaduct from the other end

108 Railway Viaduct crossing the canal (presumably a riveted structure

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110 note stone access bridges at lock position - not all canals have such bridges which add to costs?

112 lock gates have '2 gates' in this and the next picture

115 some locks have single gates - presumably there were design criteria for choosing double or single gates? ahat were these criteria?

126 single gate lock (at least at this end)

128 reflections

129 single gate at one end - double gate at the other end

134 building close to Station Road and the canal

136 leaking double lock - how many dams top up the water in this canal

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138 Old Knows Warehouse

142 bypassing canal 'tunnel' section

144 the bypass path at this tunnel section

147 arch on right side of picture connects system to Macclesfield canal

148 details of Marple Locks

148a - plan above enlarged

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154 entrance to Macclesfield Canal to left of this picture

156 zoom shot taken down Macclesfield Canal. note curved sloping path down to tow path

160 Back on Peak Forest Canal - barge presumably used to transport materials for maintenance etc?

161 narrow boat moving towards us

163 window 'blind' system

164 crossover point where tow parth changes sides

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167 stop-logs used at certain points to enable maintenance in the dry?

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185 now away from the canals towards Rivers and Footpaths
189 bridge shot on 'Roman Bridge' over the River Goyt -
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194 note 'Roman Bridge' in picture
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197 tunnel under railway track
200 Windybottom Farm
204 view from path to hills

205 zoomed into Stockport?
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211 note narrow lane between properties
213 Fox Inn
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220 along The River Goyt
221 as above
224 Old Mill near New Mills Central Railway Station

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