Anyone use cat and fiddle in artic, going from Macclesfield to Buxton looks best route?
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Boris1971:
Anyone use cat and fiddle in artic, going from Macclesfield to Buxton looks best route?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Depends how much you like the twisty stuff but yeah I have and would use it. Deffo not if any chance of snow though then I’d avoid it like the plague.
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simcor:
Boris1971:
Anyone use cat and fiddle in artic, going from Macclesfield to Buxton looks best route?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Depends how much you like the twisty stuff but yeah I have and would use it. Deffo not if any chance of snow though then I’d avoid it like the plague.
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Living in Buxton I’ve used it 1000s of times , no problem , as long as you don’t drive like Lewis Hamilton , and watch out for the average speed cameras coming down from theCat and Fiddle . About 25 minutes run .
rigsby:
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Boris1971:
Anyone use cat and fiddle in artic, going from Macclesfield to Buxton looks best route?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Depends how much you like the twisty stuff but yeah I have and would use it. Deffo not if any chance of snow though then I’d avoid it like the plague.
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Living in Buxton I’ve used it 1000s of times , no problem , as long as you don’t drive like Lewis Hamilton , and watch out for the average speed cameras coming down from theCat and Fiddle . About 25 minutes run .
Depends if he comes head on with a tipper driver [emoji23]
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Back in the day my company had several trailer loads to shift from Hull to Macclesfield.The senior driver and i had an exchange of views because he set off 30 mins.before me and arrived 30 mins.after.It turned out he used M62 and M6 whereas I travelled via Sheffield and Buxton.A radical idea but I remember pre motorway days when cog swopping and negotiating bends were routine.
Gidders:
Back in the day my company had several trailer loads to shift from Hull to Macclesfield.The senior driver and i had an exchange of views because he set off 30 mins.before me and arrived 30 mins.after.It turned out he used M62 and M6 whereas I travelled via Sheffield and Buxton.A radical idea but I remember pre motorway days when cog swopping and negotiating bends were routine.
To be fair, any route from Hull to Macclesfield that includes the M6 is surely a ■■■■-take by someone wanting to drag the job out.
Roymondo:
Gidders:
Back in the day my company had several trailer loads to shift from Hull to Macclesfield.The senior driver and i had an exchange of views because he set off 30 mins.before me and arrived 30 mins.after.It turned out he used M62 and M6 whereas I travelled via Sheffield and Buxton.A radical idea but I remember pre motorway days when cog swopping and negotiating bends were routine.To be fair, any route from Hull to Macclesfield that includes the M6 is surely a ■■■■■■■■■ by someone wanting to drag the job out.
How dare you suggest that.
I’d take the motorway because it is the safest route.
Especially on a weekend when I’m on double bubble.
Is that Cat and Fiddle pub still up there with the lay by opposite?
I remember parking there once in the 80s and buying C & F pub t shirts for the Mrs and kids off the landlord.
They will still be in the loft somewhere…the shirts not the wife and kids btw. 
rigsby:
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Boris1971:
Anyone use cat and fiddle in artic, going from Macclesfield to Buxton looks best route?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Depends how much you like the twisty stuff but yeah I have and would use it. Deffo not if any chance of snow though then I’d avoid it like the plague.
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Living in Buxton I’ve used it 1000s of times , no problem , as long as you don’t drive like Lewis Hamilton , and watch out for the average speed cameras coming down from theCat and Fiddle . About 25 minutes run .
Much safer now that Allinsons Fodens aren’t coming at you two abreast Dave! 
Pete.
robroy:
Is that Cat and Fiddle pub still up there with the lay by opposite?
I remember parking there once in the 80s and buying C & F pub t shirts for the Mrs and kids off the landlord.
They will still be in the loft somewhere…the shirts not the wife and kids btw.
Yes it’s still there , it stood empty for a few years but it’s now a cafe and the cellar is a gin distillary . Very popular with bikers at weekend (the cafe , not the distillary).
Use this website maccinfo.com/cat/ to check the weather and closures, there used to be one for the snake and woodhead pass too but alas it is no more