Introduction For several months during lockdown, my wife Caroline has been saying she’s heard great things about the views from Bamford Edge, above the village of Bamford and the south end of Ladybower Reservoir, and that we must go there when lockdown ends and the weather is on our side.…
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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…
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.…
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.…
A Stroll Of Exploration Broadbottom is a small village, in Tameside , to the east of Hattersley. I walked from here down the River Etherow to Botham’s Hall, south to Chew and back via Woodseats about 6 weeks ago with our son Adam. It was a lovely walk, but we…
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Travel time 50 minutes each way. I went via the Cat and Fiddle road for the spectacular views. Walk time 3 hours plus a 15 minute stop for lunch, plus a stop on each summit. It’ was just over 6 miles but the hike, or indeed, scramble, over the two…
Travel time 40 minutes each way Walk time 2 hours Weather – warm and sunny Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL1 Parking – Visitor Centre Car Park (£4 for 4 hours, cash only despite these COVID times) For my first walk to be included in the blog I was joined by…









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