for those of you interested in 3 Shires Head, the grid reference is 009 685 (marked Panniers Pool on the 1:25,000 OS map). The bridleway coming in from the north crosses a damp field before getting to a short but sweet fast rocky bit, but the two trails coming in from the south are both worth going up and down. There's good fun links south to Flash/Gradbach and to the north to Danebower Hollow (where you can link in to Buxton routes) but I particularly like the descent to the NW that goes down Cumberland Brook to Wildboarclough. From here you can easily razz around Macc Forest, but unless you go back up Cumberland Brook it's a nasty road climb back out again.
The track over Midgley Hill is a very pleasant if easy way to link Gradbach to the Congleton Road (and hence Wildboarclough) and there's some good stuff to the south in and around Gradbach, but this is harder to link into a good loop.
The Hollinsclough fun stuff is a road link to the east, but it's close enough and worth doing and all marked on the OS map. Some of the descents look too short to bother with on the map, but persevere 'cos they offer a challenge. It's a bit like a mini Derwent valley in that you can feel like you're going up and down the same hills over and over, but entertaining none-the-less.
I hope this is enough to inspire and help...