Introduction I was anticipating a window of dry weather today for about 3 hours from mid-morning, so planned to head north on the M60, M61 and M65. As it turned out, the forecast was accurate, and a beautiful morning gave way to heavy rain, fortunately 10 minutes into my drive…
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Introduction It’s not officially winter, but it feels like it. On a stunning sunny Thursday, I headed off just beyond Wigan, not far from the M6 to an area I had spotted from my walk at Rufford and Burscough a couple of weeks back. It’s a 50 minute drive from…
Introduction The classic autumnal cloudy, dank weather conditions are persisting. But they aren’t putting me off my weekly dose of the countryside. Today, I reminded myself (not that I really needed to), that some of the best walking within my 1 hour target maximum journey time, is right on the…
Introduction The highly changeable weather continues. Today, I took a walk on a flat, lowland area, with plenty of bailout options should the weather really close in. In fact, it was just the last 40 minutes when the showers reached me, so I enjoyed almost 3 hours of dry walking.…
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Introduction This week we joined up with our 4 month old grandson Fraser, his mom and dad, Adele and Jordan, and of course, Rolo, for four days in the Lakes, based in an Airbnb holiday home, Bellfoot, just behind The Swan Hotel in Grasmere. On Thursday, I wanted to get…
Introduction With reasonable weather expected, I decided it would be a good day for a Pennine moorland walk. It was a good walking day, 16 degC, with a mixture of cloud and sunshine! The walk started on the A6033 between Littleborough and Todmorden, a 50 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme.…
Introduction The weather forecast suggested it would be a decent day, with the chance of a shower. It was wrong! The weather was heavily overcast, and half of my walk was in heavy drizzle. Greasley Hollow is my favourite wooded valley walk. Somehow, it’s off the beaten track, being tucked…
Introduction At last, a really nice summer’s day, and a chance to take a good hike in the hills. As the traffic is lighter in August, I decided on a longer day out, and ventured almost to Lancaster and the western fringe of the Forest of Bowland. The weather was…
Introduction After three busy weeks it was great to get back out in the countryside on a glorious summer’s day. A fortnight ago we attended the funeral of our friend and former neighbour, Rev. Sandy Mailer. He lived to the age of 91, and he spent his last 30+ years…
Introduction The forecast heavy thundery showers never materialised, so my late change from upland to lowland route wasn’t really essential. It was actually quite sunny for most of my walk today. This is an 8.5 mile walk over flat lanes and green fields highlighted by a lovely stretch of the…
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