Introduction Inspired by some pictures posted by Lucy Goldsmith, one of my Twitter followers and a former colleague at Weaver Vale Housing Trust, I headed out through Glossop on the A57 Snake Pass from Manchester to Sheffield. My walk was designed to follow parts of the Rivers Ashop and Alport…
Category: <span>6 to 8 mile walks</span>
Introduction Which is it? The former is in common use, but the latter is as stated on the OS Map. Whichever, it is a beautiful spot, where I have walked several times, and yet today, I completed a 7 mile walk, with just a few hundred yards of path that…
Where Have I Been? My last post ended with the line “But, sadly, my next blog post could be some way off, folks.” That was on 31st December 2020. The knee injury I suffered when falling off a rock in the snow near Bramhall Park seems a long time ago.…
Introduction Sometimes, even the most ardent blogger runs out of time, and so it is that this post is a catch-up from last week. Adam joined me for this trip to Tameside, and the village of Mossley, nestling in the Tame Valley to the north of Stalybridge. I drove north…
A Day Of Two Halves OK, I know I live in Tier 3 Greater Manchester… so what was I doing in Staffordshire. Well sadly, I was attending the funeral of my cousin and godmother, Wendy Harding (25/8/39 – 19/11/20) at Bushbury Crematorium on the north side of Wolverhampton. It was…
Introduction – Lockdown 2, Walk 2 Staying local again, I decide to start and finish my walk in Stockport Borough, but walk predominantly in East Cheshire as I circle the village of Poynton, taking in farmland, woodland, pretty streams, some industrial archaeology, and the delightful Poynton Pool. The first half…
Not Quite Tier 3 Yes folks, today is the last day I can leave Greater Manchester until who knows when, so I thought I’d go for a well-known classic upland walk in the Goyt Valley, parts of which I have walked before, but some bits that are new to me.…
Dedication This week I sadly learned of the passing from cancer of a former colleague at Family Housing Association (Manchester), Jane Moran. Jane worked in my team for about 8 or 9 years from the mid 90s to 2003. I didn’t know her outside work, but I know she was…
Today’s adventure started badly after leaving home at 9.25.. I planned a hike up the Peak District’s third highest peak, Black Hill, from Crowden on the A628, Woodhead Pass. As I passed Stockport on the M60, the overhead gantries burst into life…. A628 CLOSED AFTER A57 I reached Denton Island,…
Travel time 55 minutes each way, via Macclesfield and Rudyard. Walk time 3 hours 15 minutes. This walk is over 7.5 miles, but generally over fairly level lowland areas. There are a couple of quite short steep rises and plenty of picturesque scenery. The terrain is mainly canal towpaths and…
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