Friday
7 August 2026
From Rochdale to
Manchester city centre
distance: 14 mi
total ascent: 231 m
total descent: 332 m
Terrain:
Town, Roads
Meeting point
St Chad’s Church, Rochdale
Time: 8:00 for 8:30 departure
Postcode: OL16 1QT
What3Words
rungs.empire.riots
“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.”
Dalai Lama
Saturday
8 August 2026
Rest day
Manchester city centre
Meeting point
Gorton Monastery
Time: 9am for service
Postcode: M12 5WF
What3Words
fetch.swim.silver
“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sunday
9 August 2026
From Manchester to
Stockport
distance: 7.5 mi
total ascent: 99 m
total descent: 51 m
Terrain:
Town, Fields
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”
Mother Teresa
Monday
10 August 2026
From Stockport to
New Mills
distance: 10.5 mi
total ascent: 262 m
total descent: 217 m
Tuesday
11 August 2026
From New Mills to
Edale
distance: 10.5 mi
total ascent: 640 m
total descent: 527 m
Terrain:
River, Fields
Meeting point
St George’s Church, New Mills
Time: 8:00 for 8:30 Departure
Postcode: SK22 4NP
What3Words
kilt.saints.rested
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”
Eckhart Tolle
Wednesday
12 August 2026
From Edale to
Tideswell
distance: 9.5 mi
total ascent: 485 m
total descent: 458 m
Meeting point
Edale Village Hall
Time: 8:00 for 8:30 departure
Postcode: S33 7ZA
What3Words
earlobes.fastening.hurray
“Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace.”
Pope John Paul II
Thursday
13 August 2026
From Tideswell to
Hartington
distance: 11 mi
total ascent: 400 m
total descent: 453 m
Meeting point
St John’s the Baptist church, Tideswell
Time: 8:00 for 8:30 departure
Postcode: SK17 8LF
What3Words
chaos.alpha.narrate
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
