Introduction I woke this morning to heavy snow. This led to a change of plan as I left the car at home, and relied on Northern Rail, admittedly another risky strategy. However, today they didn’t let me down. Changing trains at Manchester Piccadilly I alighted at Strines Station at 1047…
Category: <span>6 to 8 mile walks</span>
Introduction Welcome to 2025, and Happy New Year to all readers of this blog. After the deluge of New Year’s Eve, followed by a heavy frost this morning, I decided to play it safe for my first walk of the new year. The paths and tracks at Water Utility reservoirs…
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Introduction Great day for a walk! It started with more cloud than sun, but the middle part of the day was still, dry, and sunny. So, I headed up to the Peak District, through Castleton and Hope to Hathersage. The journey took from Cheadle Hulme took an hour. This route…
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Introduction The weather remains dry, cloudy, and quiet. A seed was planted with me regarding a trip to the Millennium Walkway at New Mills, so I planned a route to include it today. The journey took from Cheadle Hulme took 25 minutes. This route is about 7 miles, and has…
Introduction It’s been a dank and dreary couple of days in the northwest of England, So I decided to get to the east of the high ground today. The Rivelin Valley runs out of the Peak District down into the heart of Sheffield. It’s my first visit here, and I…
Introduction I chose to head into the South Pennines today, starting my walk in the pretty village of Delph. in the borough of Oldham. The weather has been quite kind this week, and so it continued today with pretty much wall to wall sunshine for this walk. The journey took…
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Introduction The second half of September was blighted by heavy rain. With the ground so wet, I decided to stick to what I hoped would be fairly well made paths in an urban country park area. I wasn’t disappointed, as this is a really interesting area to explore. The weather…
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Introduction Last week I introduced my walk as a great walk at summer’s end. This week’s walk was not so great and the weather had a distinctly autumnal feel, with a strong, cool easterly breeze taking the edge off the temperature. The journey to Church Minshull (south of Middlewich) took…
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Introduction Summer’s end nears, but we appear to be set for a fair weekend, and today started it early, so I headed to the hills between New Mills, Hayfield and Chapel-en-le-frith. This is a great walk! The journey is about 30 minutes each way by car from Cheadle Hulme to…
Introduction With rain due to arrive just after lunch, I decided to keep it local today, and take an easy walk on unfamiliar paths in a familiar area! As it turned out, there were plenty of showery bursts of rain in the morning too, but I persevered, and completed the…
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