{"id":1006268,"date":"2022-09-15T16:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1006268"},"modified":"2022-11-04T11:49:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:49:07","slug":"moston-and-tetton-bridge-near-sandbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1006268","title":{"rendered":"Moston and Tetton Bridge, Near Sandbach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With an Annual Tennis Club Tournament match to play at 6.30 this evening, an easy, short walk was the order of the day today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a dry day, cooler than recent, but plenty of pleasant sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a 45 minute drive to Sandbach from Cheadle Hulme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walk is just 5 miles, and fairly flat. It took 2 hours to complete plus 15 minutes for lunch .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a good walk for dog walkers, mainly on good tracks, very minor roads, canal towpath , and just a couple of fields of livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walk is on OS Explorer Map 267.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I parked off-road by the canal, use postcode CW11 3PW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Moat To Green Lane<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I set off down Oakwood Lane and soon found that the marshy either on either side of the lane was spilling across the road. I wondered what it would be like after prolonged wet weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The marsh opened into a pretty pond to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the end of the pond a path (unsigned) led off the road to the left, through the Nature Reserve. It was quite unspoilt here, with fallen trees and nettles to negotiate, but easily passable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emerging at Yew Tree Farm, I took a path into a field, and was now clearly in farming country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I joined Green Lane, another very leafy road, near to Greenbank Farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Green Lane To The Trent and Mersey Canal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I crossed the end of the line of flashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flashes are formed as a result of subsidence\u00a0due to the solution\u00a0of underlying salt deposits, and are a popular fishing site. After following a track between fields from Ryecroft Cottage, the path runs alongside the flash before heading left to join a road at Tetton Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The road led me to the canal at Tetton Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next section of the walk runs alongside the busy A533, but the canal remains a source of quiet solitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were other points of interest, such as this, seriously structurally damaged bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Veering away from the road, the rural nature of the area was emphasised by a bright flash, as a kingfisher whizzed past me and on up the canal as I neared a former mill building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I stopped at the lock for lunch before taking the final half mile to the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This walk was just what I wanted today – a relaxed, easy, gentle countryside ramble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Finally….<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t easy and gentle. From the new album “In The Wild”, this is “Jailbird” by The Interrupters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bouncy and punky, I like it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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