{"id":1002547,"date":"2020-09-10T17:07:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T16:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/box5234.temp.domains\/~halfdayw\/\/?p=1002547"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T17:54:15","slug":"mellor-to-ludworth-moor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1002547","title":{"rendered":"Mellor to Ludworth Moor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Travel time 30 minutes each way. The entire walk is within Stockport Metropolitan Borough.<\/p>\n
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Walk time 3 hours plus half an hour for lunch. Approx. 7 miles of undulating country<\/p>\n
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Weather – rather grey and still, wet underfoot<\/p>\n
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Parking – On the road, Longhurst Lane, Mellor before you reach Gibb Lane \/ Devonshire Arms<\/p>\n
I set off down the road until I reached the Cown Edge Way\u00a0 as it crosses Longhurst Lane (https:\/\/ldwa.org.uk\/ldp\/members\/show_path.php?path_name=Cown+Edge+Way). Turning right to head north, I was reminded of the last time I was here!<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\nToday<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nMellor Church. A happy day in the rain at Kelly and Chris Humphreys’ wedding!<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n
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Leaving Mellor Churchyard I turned a corner to find another interesting point of interest.<\/p>\n
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The Cown Edge Way wends its path across fields, past a pool with a random juvenile cormorant enjoying a swim<\/p>\n
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Next came the hamlet of Hollywood End, then followed a pretty brook and on to Cloughend, where it meets Sandhill Lane<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/p>\nApproaching Hollywood End<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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\u00a0<\/p>\nBack to Hollywood End<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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\u00a0<\/p>\nCrossing the brook<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
Not too many folk walk here, judging by the volume of unpicked blackberries amongst the Himalayan balsam.<\/p>\n
At this point I left the Cown Edge Way and turned right on a path on to Ludworth Moor. I didn’t realise Stockport had a proper moor, though I used to live in Great Moor, and play a bit of golf at Heaton Moor!<\/p>\n
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As I made my way onto the moorland, a bird caught my eye. I thought it was a robin, but was a bit too upright, with a dark head, so I grabbed the binoculars and was rather delighted to see it was a male stonechat – not too common a sight in Stockport!<\/p>\n
The path over the moor was completely overgrown and it was a bog!<\/p>\n
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As I reached the road at Gun Farm I came across another point of interest before I left the field.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCharles Heathcote left his estate to Manchester Royal Infirmary and the Children’s Hospital and it is commemorated in this field<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n
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I then followed Shiloh Road along the border of Stockport and the Derbyshire High Peak, passing the road down to Rowarth – the Little Mill Inn was tempting, but a little out of my way!<\/p>\n
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I took a detour to Moorend, up Moorend Road and over to the lovely named BogguardRoad.<\/p>\n
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And then there was a crazy horse……..<\/p>\n
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I turned right at Cobden Edge before fighting through the final obstacle. This path, back down to Gibb Lane was totally overgrown with brambles and nettles, but I fought my through with a few scratches and stings.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/p>\nWhere’s the path?<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n
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