{"id":1008186,"date":"2023-12-07T16:37:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1008186"},"modified":"2023-12-07T16:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:43:52","slug":"tandle-hill-oldham-to-hopwood-hall-woods-rochdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1008186","title":{"rendered":"Tandle Hill, Oldham To Hopwood Hall Woods, Rochdale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crisp sunny weather earlier in the  week has given way to overcast Atlantic air, and it was raining by the time I finished this walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a 35 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme to Tandle Hill Country Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The walk is 7.4 miles with about 650 feet of ascent. It took 2 hours 45 minutes, and I was back at the car before lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a great walk for dogs, being mainly on fenced tracks, country parks and canals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I walked in an anticlockwise direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The walk is on OS Explorer Map 277 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I parked at Tandle Hill Country Park car park, which is free, postcode OL2 5UX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231205-161702_OS-Maps.jpg?resize=1024%2C589&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231205-161702_OS-Maps.jpg?resize=1024%2C589&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231205-161702_OS-Maps.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231205-161702_OS-Maps.jpg?resize=768%2C442&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231205-161702_OS-Maps.jpg?resize=1536%2C884&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231205-161702_OS-Maps.jpg?w=1739&amp;ssl=1 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tandle Hill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tandle Hill means Fire Hill. It&#8217;s believed that protestors used the hill to practice marching before the Peterloo Massacre gatherings in Manchester. As a result the mainly beech woodland was planted in the 1820s. After the leaf fall of autumn, it is a carpet of copper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1008190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_093738.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_093738.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_093738.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_093738.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1008193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_094120.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_094120.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_094120.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top of the hill is marked by a war memorial and a trig point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1008194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095004.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095004.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095004.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1008196\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095054.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095054.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095054.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095054.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> It affords a spectacular view of Manchester city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095135-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095135-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095135-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095135-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s more, the path down reveals that it has its very own pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095730.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095730.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095730.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_095730.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thornham And Slattocks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I turned left at the pub, and the track led over the A627(M) onto Thornham Lane, and past the primary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A kestrel was eying up the fields for small mammals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_100955.jpg?resize=700%2C452&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_100955.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_100955.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meawhile the Tandle Hill memorial seemed a long way back behind me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_101355.jpg?resize=663%2C379&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_101355.jpg?w=663&amp;ssl=1 663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_101355.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closer to hand was the fine C of E church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_101623.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_101623.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_101623.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_101623.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This area is really hanging on to its ancient agricultural heritage, and throughout Slattocks the &#8220;Save Our Green Belt&#8221; signs show that the locals want this to remain the urban fringe, not be swallowed up by suburban development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main road here is built alongside the Rochdale Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102040.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102040.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102040.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102040.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a lovely short stretch of canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1008203\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102221.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102221.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102221.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102221.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1008204\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102324.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102324.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102324.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_102324.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hopwood Hall Woods And Nature Reserve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main road leads over the railway, and a path off to the right leads into the woods, where there is a secluded pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_103142.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_103142.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_103142.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_103142.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The track crosses Trub Brook, before my route took a path left up the hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1008207\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_104235.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_104235.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_104235.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1008206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_104830.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_104830.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_104830.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_104830.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the top of the hill is a water service reservoir, after which a left turn took me past another pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110244.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110244.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110244.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110244.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in a nearby field, a mother bath was tending her two tubs!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110502.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110502.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110502.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110502.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The path leads through more lovely beech woods, where I met up with Trub Brook again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110852.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110852.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110852.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_110852.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn&#8217;t see Hopwood Hall, and now it is a modern academic site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_111606.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.half-daywalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_111606.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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