Introduction A glorious day to visit a classic White Peak area before the crowds arrive. I headed out to Taddington Wood on the A6 between Buxton and Bakewell. The traffic was kind for once, and I arrived in 50 minutes. The walk is 7.5 miles with 1300feet of ascent. It…
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Introduction With the weather set fair and cold I headed to the hills again today. It’s a 50 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme to Old Glossop. It was a truly stunning day, with wall to wall sunshine, and only a light easterly breeze on the top of the moors. The…
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Introduction A cool dry day beckoned, and I decided it would be a great day to climb some fairly big hills. It’s a 35 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme to Chinley Head on the main road from Chinley to Hayfield. In fact the weather was mixed. It was cool and…
Introduction This is an area I don’t know at all. It’s name suggests plenty of trees, but the map doesn’t! Intrigued, I set off for Lancashire. It’s a 50 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme, via M60 and M66. The weather was stunning – clear, sunny, calm and not too cold.…
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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…
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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