Introduction With rain forecast from lunchtime onwards, I was up early and starting this walk before 9 o’clock. I had high hopes for this route, and wasn’t disappointed. It’s just a 35 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme to Stalybridge. The walk was about 8.5 miles, and took 3hours 30 minutes.…
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Introduction A stunning early spring day, today was my opportunity to complete the walk that I aborted on the 29th January 2026. It’s a 65 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme, but it can take longer. I took the beautiful A57 Snake Pass today, a road from which 7.5 tonne vehicles…
Introduction Snow and mist were forecast for the hills today, so I stayed close to home for this walk. This gave me time for a longer than usual walk of 10 miles. It’s less than a quarter of an hour’s drive from Cheadle Hulme to High Lane. This was easy…
Introduction We are all quick to criticise when the British weather lets us down, but it’s been spectacularly sunny this week I headed up to Kettleshulme, on the Macclesfield to Whaley Bridge road, a 25 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme. The walk is about 8 miles long with 1500feet of…
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Introduction I was anticipating a window of dry weather today for about 3 hours from mid-morning, so planned to head north on the M60, M61 and M65. As it turned out, the forecast was accurate, and a beautiful morning gave way to heavy rain, fortunately 10 minutes into my drive…
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Introduction It’s not officially winter, but it feels like it. On a stunning sunny Thursday, I headed off just beyond Wigan, not far from the M6 to an area I had spotted from my walk at Rufford and Burscough a couple of weeks back. It’s a 50 minute drive from…
Introduction The classic autumnal cloudy, dank weather conditions are persisting. But they aren’t putting me off my weekly dose of the countryside. Today, I reminded myself (not that I really needed to), that some of the best walking within my 1 hour target maximum journey time, is right on the…
Introduction The highly changeable weather continues. Today, I took a walk on a flat, lowland area, with plenty of bailout options should the weather really close in. In fact, it was just the last 40 minutes when the showers reached me, so I enjoyed almost 3 hours of dry walking.…
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Introduction This week we joined up with our 4 month old grandson Fraser, his mom and dad, Adele and Jordan, and of course, Rolo, for four days in the Lakes, based in an Airbnb holiday home, Bellfoot, just behind The Swan Hotel in Grasmere. On Thursday, I wanted to get…
Introduction With reasonable weather expected, I decided it would be a good day for a Pennine moorland walk. It was a good walking day, 16 degC, with a mixture of cloud and sunshine! The walk started on the A6033 between Littleborough and Todmorden, a 50 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme.…
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