Calling at the Ship Inn after a walk by the River Dane is certainly popular, while some go first to work up courage for the exercise. Even Bonnie Prince Charlie stopped here in 1745. Other folk have been known to relax and not go walking at all, but you're not that sort are you?
LOCATION: Six miles south of Macclesfield
START: Wincle, off A54. Roadside parking at Danebridge, beyond Ship Inn
Grid ref: SJ965652 Postcode: SK110QE
DISTANCE: 4 miles
GRADE: Moderate, but probably muddy
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Ship Inn
EN ROUTE: Barley Ford Bridge, Gritstone Trail, Dumkins
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News