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Long distance footpath sign thread

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McGoohan May 2023 2:04pm, 24 May 2023 52,806 posts	Quote Pin 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.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ May 2023 2:11pm, 24 May 2023 49,898 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ 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.
Cerrertonia May 2023 2:12pm, 24 May 2023 18,939 posts	Quote Pin 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'.
McGoohan May 2023 2:23pm, 24 May 2023 52,808 posts	Quote Pin 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.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ May 2023 2:42pm, 24 May 2023 49,899 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ 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 ...
McGoohan May 2023 2:58pm, 24 May 2023 52,810 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan The £99.99 one comes with a 1:1 scale fold out map held in its own personal tardis
aussiescall May 2023 3:51pm, 24 May 2023 90 posts	Quote Pin 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.
.B. Jun 2023 7:12pm, 1 Jun 2023 46,317 posts	Quote Pin .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.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Jun 2023 8:19pm, 1 Jun 2023 49,994 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Made me smile though. 😀
Derby Tup Jun 2023 8:20pm, 1 Jun 2023 59,760 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Me too Is this the route along the Chesterfield Canal?