Category: <span>Greater Manchester</span>

Introduction I chose to head into the South Pennines today, starting my walk in the pretty village of Delph. in the borough of Oldham. The weather has been quite kind this week, and so it continued today with pretty much wall to wall sunshine for this walk. The journey took…

6 to 8 mile walks Greater Manchester Oldham

4 to 6 mile walks 6 to 8 mile walks Bolton Bury Greater Manchester

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Introduction A cool, windy day greeted me as I set out on today’s short walk. For the most part, the walk is completed to a background hum of traffic on the M56, and thus may not be to everyone’s taste, but for me the gorgeous valley of the River Bollin…

2 to 4 mile walks East Cheshire Greater Manchester Trafford

Introduction Happy New Year to all my readers. A new year, and a new approach today, as I decided to take the train to my starting point. There has been a lot of rain this week, but the sun shone as I left home at 1010, catching the 1021 from…

6 to 8 mile walks Greater Manchester Oldham

Introduction 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. It’s a 35 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme to Tandle Hill Country Park. The walk is 7.4 miles with about 650 feet of…

6 to 8 mile walks Greater Manchester Oldham Rochdale

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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…

8 mile plus walks East Cheshire Greater Manchester Stockport

Introduction Storm Ciaran is with us, but I decided it was still worth getting out for a short walk to enjoy some autumnal colour. In fact, the weather was dark and moody with low cloud, but very little rain and only a very light breeze. The walk is 4.5 miles…

4 to 6 mile walks Greater Manchester Oldham

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Introduction A short walk in the hills where Stockport meets the Derbyshire High Peak. It was comfortable walking weather, around 15deg C, cloudy and rather breezy. It was very grey and dull, which, I heard later, was due to storm Agnes picking up smoke from American wildfires, and dropping it…

4 to 6 mile walks Derbyshire High Peak Greater Manchester Stockport

8 mile plus walks Greater Manchester Rochdale West Yorkshire

Introduction Yesterday was such a beautiful spring day, Cal and I just had to get out and enjoy it. Mellor is a district of Stockport that is full of interesting places and great views. The drive to Mellor is almost half an hour from Cheadle Hulme. This is aneasy 2.3…

2 to 4 mile walks Greater Manchester Stockport