Upper Hulme to Macclesfield via Hen Cloud, Roaches, Shutlingsloe walk
Hen Cloud and the Roaches, the Hanging Stone, Lud's Church chasm, the Dane Valley, lonely Wildboarclough, the 'Cheshire Matterhorn', Macclesfield Forest, Reservoirs.
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The Roaches and Hen Cloud
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Gritstone Boulders and Shutlingsloe: on The Roaches
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Shutlingsloe from Berry Bank, Wildboarclough
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Doxey Pool, The Roaches
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Lud's Church chasm: boardwalk near entrance
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Trig Point on Shutlingsloe, towards Macclesfield Forest and Shining Tor
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Churnet River, Upper Hulme
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Track towards Well Farm and The Roaches
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Ramshaw Rocks across fields
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Tree in wood above Roaches Hall
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Roaches Hall
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Gritstone Boulders on Hen Cloud, Croker Hill in background
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Gritstone Boulders on Hen Cloud, Croker Hill in background
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Gritstone Boulders on Hen Cloud
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Gritstone Boulders on Hen Cloud, The Roaches in background
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Gritstone Boulders on Hen Cloud, Croker Hill in background
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Gritstone Boulders on Hen Cloud, Tittesworth Reservoir in background
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Descent from Hen Cloud towards The Roaches
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Hen Cloud from saddle between it and The Roaches
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Bench off path up The Roaches
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Tittesworth Reservoir from The Roaches
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A rock-climbing and bouldering venue as famous as any other: The Roaches
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A rock-climbing and bouldering venue as famous as any other: The Roaches
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A rock-climbing and bouldering venue as famous as any other: The Roaches
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Cotton Grass on The Roaches
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Doxey Pool, The Roaches
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Cotton Grass and Gritstone Boulders: The Roaches
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Backview to Doxey Pool
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A Dolmen? The Roaches
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Tittesworth Reservoir from The Roaches
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Large Gritstone Outcrop near top of The Roaches
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Trig Point on The Roaches, views towards Shutlingsloe and Macclesfield Forest
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Gritstone Boulder and Shutlingsloe: on The Roaches
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Gritstone Boulder on The Roaches
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Gritstone Boulders and Croker Hill: on The Roaches
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Descent towards Roach End
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The Ridge, buttercups, Croker Hill
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Backview along The Ridge to The Roaches
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NW end of The Ridge to Hanging Stone, Croker Hill beyond
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Walkers on Gritstone Outcrop on NW end of The Ridge
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Backview along The Ridge to The Roaches
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Shutlingsloe in the shade, from The Ridge
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Shutlingsloe across the moors, from The Ridge
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The Hanging Stone
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The Roaches and Hen Cloud, from The Hanging Stone
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Shutlingsloe, from The Hanging Stone
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The Hanging Stone, with Bosley Cloud beyond
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Lud's Church chasm: entrance
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Lud's Church chasm: detail
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Lud's Church chasm: detail
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Lud's Church chasm: detail
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Lud's Church chasm: narrow passage
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Lud's Church chasm: detail
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Lud's Church chasm: detail
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County Boundary marker post by Gradbach Mill on Dane River
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Dane River by Gradbach mill, towards The Outdoors Café
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Backview towards The Roaches from track leading into Wildboarclough
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Shutlingsloe from track leading into Wildboarclough
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Shutlingsloe from Berry Bank, Wildboarclough
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Bluebells en route up Shutlingsloe, from Wildboarclough
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Macclesfield Forest and Shining Tor, from Shutlingsloe
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The Roaches, from Shutlingsloe
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Descent off Shutlingsloe
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Backview to Shutlingsloe from path across Piggford Moor
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Black Sheep on path across Piggford Moor
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Piggford Moor
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Bench with views across bowl of Macclesfield Forest
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Bluebells by road along Ridgegate Reservoir
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Ridgegate Reservoir, Macclesfield Forest
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Tegg's Nose, from Clarke Lane
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