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May 2023
2:04pm, 24 May 2023
52,806 posts
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McGoohan
I'm finding with a lot of routes Synge that they were created with some eagerness for the Millennium celebrations and then have not had any maintenance done since so they just fade into obsolescence.
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May 2023
2:11pm, 24 May 2023
49,898 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Interesting. I suppose the OS have to make quite a lot of judgements over what to recognise and what to ignore.
I always feel a bit disappointed when I research a named path and find that I can’t find a guide to it online anywhere. Sometimes, if it is all in one county, there’s a pdf of a long-out-of-print leaflet available to print out, but there are often subsequent changes on the ground to contend with.
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May 2023
2:12pm, 24 May 2023
18,939 posts
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Cerrertonia
I've done parts of it in Cheshire and Shropshire, quite a few years ago. There was some waymarking, but not enough to be relied upon (e.g. places where the obvious route goes straight on, but you turn off, and there's no signage). I guess the Offa's Dyke Path attracts a lot of the 'traffic'.
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May 2023
2:23pm, 24 May 2023
52,808 posts
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McGoohan
There's one round here (well not too far) called the High Weald Landscape Trail which is signposted from Horsham train station. It looks like you're going to be in for a well laid-out path but no... the signs disappear. We gave up on that as even the extant signs often didn't match the (out of print) guidebook.
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May 2023
2:42pm, 24 May 2023
49,899 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Well, eBay seller worldofbooks had two copies of a 1992 Sigma Press guide to the Marches Way listed, one at £4.96 and one at £99.99. I have just bought one of them ...
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May 2023
2:58pm, 24 May 2023
52,810 posts
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McGoohan
The £99.99 one comes with a 1:1 scale fold out map held in its own personal tardis
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May 2023
3:51pm, 24 May 2023
90 posts
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aussiescall
I found one on Amazon for £158.94. that's 94p too much for my liking! I'm sure I've seen this or something similar in my local library now too. I'd be interested to the see the route/gpx now.
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Jun 2023
7:12pm, 1 Jun 2023
46,317 posts
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.B.
A bit of a cheat this one. It is on the Cuckoo Trail, an old railway now cycle trail, but isn’t an official sign. Made me smile though.
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Jun 2023
8:19pm, 1 Jun 2023
49,994 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Made me smile though.
😀
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Jun 2023
8:20pm, 1 Jun 2023
59,760 posts
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Derby Tup
Me too 
Is this the route along the Chesterfield Canal?
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