Buxton to Macclesfield via the Cat and Fiddle walk
From Spa Town to Silk Town via the wild Goyt Valley, Shining Tor, lonely moorlands down the Clough Brook Valley to Macclesfield Forest and through Tegg's Nose Country Park
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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
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Stake Farm and Shutlingsloe, from top of Stake Side
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Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow to The Cat & Fiddle
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Teggsnose and Bottoms Reservoirs with Croker Hill, from Tegg's Nose
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The Buxton Crescent Hotel
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St. Anne's Well, Buxton
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Gritstone Arm of River Wye, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton
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Bridge over Gritstone Arm of River Wye, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton
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A54 and Wye Valley, rising to Axe Edge Moor
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A54 and Wye Valley, rising to Axe Edge Moor
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Quarryface on Harpur Hill, from field by Burbage-Edge Plantation
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Early blooming heather, views across Upper Goyt Valley to The Cat & Fiddle
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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Shining Tor
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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor
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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor
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Views across Upper Goyt Valley to Stake Side and Shining Tor
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View up Goyt's Clough, from near footbridge
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Listed Packhorse Bridge over River Goyt
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'Waterfall' at site of Paint Mill (millstream plunging into Deep Clough stream)
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Views from Stake Clough across Errwood Reservoir to Kinder Scout
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Views from Stake Clough across Errwood Reservoir to Kinder Scout
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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
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Sideview from Stake Side down Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Kinder Scout
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Sideview from Stake Side down Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Kinder Scout
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Backview from Stake Side across Goyt Valley up Goyt's Moss to Burbage Edge
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Kinder Scout, Rushup Edge & Mam Tor, from top of Stake Side
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Shutlingsloe, Bosley Cloud, Gun, and Croker Hill; from top of Stake Side
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Path to top of Shining Tor
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Views from Shining Tor: Greater Manchester and Winter Hill
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Views from Shining Tor: Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill
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Views from Shining Tor: towards Kinder Scout
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Views from Shining Tor: Greater Manchester
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Peak View Tea Room and Shutlingsloe, from track above Stake Farm
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The Cat & Fiddle
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Milestone of old turnpike road, near The Cat & Fiddle (To London 164 miles)
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Peat Hag on Descent from The Cat & Fiddle
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Concession Path marker post at start of steep descent down the Chest Hollow
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The Scaurs (sideclough off the Chest Hollow)
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View towards Macclesfield Forest from steep descent down the Chest Hollow
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Backview up the Chest Hollow
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View towards Macclesfield Forest, from bottom of descent down the Chest Hollow
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Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow and to the Whetstone Ridge
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Backview from Torgate Hill up the Chest Hollow
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Shutlingsloe, from Torgate Hill
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Shutlingsloe, from Torgate Hill
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View down the Clough Brook valley past Yarnshaw Hill, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven
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Shining Tor, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven
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View across Clough Brook valley to Whetstone Ridge, from lane above Bottom-of-the-Oven
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Shining Tor, from track above Forest Chapel
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Shining Tor, from track above Forest Chapel, on fringe of Macclesfield Forest
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Steep wooded slope, Macclesfield Forest
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Macclesfield Forest
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Stepped Path, Macclesfield Forest
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Tegg's Nose, from Hacked Way Lane
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Tegg's Nose and Bollin Valley, from Hacked Way Lane
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Croker Hill, from Hacked Way Lane
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Macclesfield Forest and Shutlingsloe, from Saddler's Way (Tegg's Nose)
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Milestone on old turnpike road (Buxton Old Road), by Tegg's Nose Country Park
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Macclesfield Forest across Walker Barn stream valley, from Tegg's Nose
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Gritstone Quarry, Tegg's Nose
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Model of Swing Saw, Tegg's Nose
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Tegg's Nose: old quarry, now climbing venue
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Library in the Landscape: Tegg's Nose
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Ridgegate Reservoir, Macclesfield Forest & Shutlingsloe, from viewpoint on Tegg's Nose
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Gritstone Trail Bench, Tegg's Nose
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Hurdsfield Industrial Estate and Greater Manchester, from Blakelow
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Leadbeaters Reservoir and Macclesfield Town Centre, from Blakelow Road
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Macclesfield Canal southbound, from Windmill Street
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Macclesfield Canal northbound, from Windmill Street
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