The quiet road offers a safe passage under the A500 then at Dunkirk work was in progress to make the old road, now closed to traffic, into a good footpath. This is an excellent easy path with good links to two crossing footpaths one passes on a bridge, high over the trail with good quality steps to make the link....

Ken

Crossing the busy and fast railway on the level also needs close attention with eyes and ears then we continue along a farm track....

Ken

A pleasant route through flat Cheshire countryside, with a good stretch along a former railway line. Well described by the first reviewer so not much to add. Accessible for dogs and prams, especially along the railway line, part of a route formerly carrying salt from the Cheshire salt mines....

DerbyshireBBguide

Walking part of it on a subsequent date the first half mile on the towpath was hampered by fishermen, some of whom had their fishing tackle obstructing the canal towpath....

DerbyshireBBguide

A short bit of pavement walking took us high over the Salt Line former railway track, which we then walked down to along a track, which started immediately after the bridge, down the side of a garage. Unfortunately the railway line soon after here has been subsumed by a golf course, but the route easily diverts onto the towpath for just over a mile. Just before a farm access bridge before the motorway, there is a kissing gate, then a footpath and a short bit of quiet road which leads to the Salt Line again....

Mary Oz

The route from pretty (but lacking in facilities) Alsager Station started along fairly busy road with pavements, but got a lot quieter after leaving the A road, eventually becoming a track leading up to the towpath at Rode Heath, next to a pub. The quiet road into Sandbach initially had no paving, but soon reached an attractive row of cottages where the paving started....

Mary Oz

A varied walk taking in the back streets and fields around Kidsgrove. Potential to wander off course in the field as the path is not well trodden. Sad to see some parts of the trail have been used for fly-tipping....

planroutematt

This was a really pleasurable route to follow, ~14km made it a really nice distance to walk, it's mainly flat as it follows the canal the majority of the way on the towpaths....

Nathan Smith

At the end of this the public footpath and this route cross to the south of the brook via a wooden bridge. The route goes under the railway, then under the road bridge then up some steps to the station car park....

Mary Oz

Apart from this, and one field where the grass was rather long, the footpaths and roads were all very easy to follow, and this was a very enjoyable route....

Mary Oz

Some sections off road were challenging (vegetation growth, minor flooding) but otherwise a relatively easy and interesting walk...

Matthew Axford

At the Hall o' the Heath several footpaths converge and there is an optional redirection as well, making this the place where most concentration is needed to follow the route, but otherwise a very straightforward walk....

Penny

As you get to the edge and have to cross Linney Lane you are faced with the only major road crossing of the walk, and although it requires care, I managed it easily enough. The path on the other side of the road takes you across along a footpath over a wooden bridge to the south side of a brook which you follow as far as a level crossing, where you cross the railway....

David Sanderson

Despite the marshy conditions (this was the day after Storm Eunice) all of the footpaths were well marked and really easy to follow. Reaching Hall o' the Heath, the farmer has directed the foopath away from the marked right of way, this would be slightly quicker to follow, but as I was reviewing I followed the path as marked on the map and was able to do so. A well marked path across a field takes you to the residential streets of Alsager and it's via those and some footpaths that you get to the meeting spot by the station....

David Sanderson