Syke Common (8.5 miles ) Print

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Ride Waypoint 1
up the common, there are more than one track to the road at the top. If it has been wet it can be boggy.


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Follow Waypoint 2
the road, ignoring the bridleway on your right, towards Lobden House.


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Follow Waypoint 3
the track round to the left towards Clay Cough on the Rossendale Way.


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Follow Waypoint 4
the Rossendale Way and go straight accross the diagonal cross tracks.


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Follow Waypoint 5
the track around the base of Hodge Hill, if following the bridleway over the top take great care to stay on the track, passing Pot Oven Farm.


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Turn Waypoint 6
left towards Facit and the main road, A671 crossing with care.


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Follow Waypoint 7
the minor road down past the mills and onto the larger road.


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Continue Waypoint 8
to follow the track with the river on your left, and turn right at the next junction, following the Pennine Bridleway.


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Turn Waypoint 9
right on the A671 for a short distance and turn right onto the bridleway at the road junction.


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Follow Waypoint 10
the bridleway back to the minor road, at the end turn left and then right onto the bridleway. At the road junction at the bottom turn left and return to the start at the Donkey.