Introduction All week, Thursday’s forecast has been for a band of rain / snow to arrive around the middle of the day. In hope that the forecast may change, I planned a walk in the hills. I also had a Plan B. I set the alarm for an early start,…
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Introduction I decided to stay down in the Cheshire Plain today, for this walk in the Dane Valley between Holmes Chapel and Congleton. There are only three bridges over the river between these 2 towns, one being a main road. I chose to create a circular walk using the other…
Introduction It was such an unseasonably warm December day today. So, although I’d played 2 hours tennis this morning, I couldn’t resist a short walk in one of my favourite places. This is a fantastic place for dog walking, well made paths, and no wildlife nor livestock to worry about…
Introduction It has been extremely wet this week. So it was with some trepidation and a sense of adventure that I left home today. I decided to stay quite close to civilisation, and take some well used paths. Despite that slight concern, it is a walk that I knew was…
Introduction I was looking after Rolo today, so decided to walk from Jordan and Delly’s house at Turf Lea, near Marple Ridge rather than have his muddy paws in the car! Today was clear, crisp, sunny and cold with a northerly breeze. Turf Lea is a little over 20 minutes…
Introduction I am delighted to be out of self isolation and to be Covid-free. It’s been 3 weeks since my last walk, and it felt good to be out in the countryside again. The walk is approximately 7 miles with 990ft, 300m, of ascent to tackle. The weather was dull,…
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Introduction He enjoyed it so much last week that he wanted to come with me again! To save faffing around getting him in the car I decided to walk in the wonderful countryside from Jordan and Delly’s home at Turf Lea, Marple Ridge. Walk time – 3 hours for a…
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Introduction Those who follow me regularly will recognise this as a very similar walk to that which I posted on 7 November 2020. 11 month old Rolo has been staying with us for a couple of days. I love this walk, and wanted my first solo outing with him to…
Introduction Cal wanted to crack on with her decorating work as we prepare her mom’s former home in Bramhall for letting. Despite the rain, I fancied some fresh air and took a lovely walk in the local countryside. The journey is 10 minutes each way. The walk was 3.8 miles,…
Introduction Thursday’s weather forecast has been looking rather grim all week, so when opportunity arose to walk on Wednesday this week, I took it. It turns out we’ve not had a drop of rain up till 4pm on Thursday…. whereas Wednesday…. I decided on an early start, so as to…
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