From the A34/B5087 junction, south of the town centre
Take Chapel Road to Mottram St Andrew where
Left on Wilmslow Old Road
Right at T and Left over A538 onto Mill Lane
Right at X onto B5358
First Left onto Mill Lane to Adlington where
Over A523 at lights onto Brookledge Lane
First Left onto Roundy Lane
Left at T
3rd Left onto Moggy Lane
At Poynton outskirts Right on Waterloo Road
Left at T
Soon Right onto Middlewood Road
(You can avoid the A6 here by following the Middlewood Way sign
onto this unsealed track, muddy in wet weather, into Marple)
Over cobblestones and level crossing to Norbury Hollow where
Right at T onto A6
First Left, by farm, onto Threaphurst Lane
Right at T onto Torkington Lane
Left at T onto Windlehurst Road.
Engage bottom gear climbing to lights at narrow canal bridge
and time yourself to be at the first pressure pad on red
Thro Hawk Green, descend to Marple.