Introduction A change of plan this week, and I was out walking on a Wednesday which will no doubt leave me confused for the rest of the week! With decent weather, I elected to take on the walk I’d initially planned for last week, when the weather wasn’t conducive. Broadbottom…
Category: <span>Derbyshire High Peak</span>
Introduction Venturing onto the hills, after last night’s fun with Razorlight and The Kaiser Chiefs outdoors at Castlefield Bowl in the heart of Manchester,it suddenly felt like the very moment that summer turned to autumn. The weather was cool and cloudy with a very fresh westerley breeze. The walk is…
Introduction With a fine day forecast, and a quiet day in prospect tomorrow, I decided to follow the Olympic spirit of the past couple of weeks. So, I challenged myself to go further, higher, and faster than any previous walk on the blog. The weather, as forecast, was sunny and…
Introduction Rowarth is a beautiful hamlet in the High Peak, near New Mills, yet only just beyond Stockport’s boundary. It is well known for its iconic family pub, the Little Mill Inn. Lantern Pike is a National Trust owned peak with panoramic views in all directions. The weather today was…
Introduction With the possibility of heavy showers in the forecast, I chose not to venture too far today., and I was interested to see how the Canal and river Trust had progressed with the repairs to the dam, which had caused the risk of calamitous flooding into the town of…
Introduction In a bid to heed the new Government advice, I chose to keep my walk almost exclusively in Stockport this week. This walk is full of variation; from suburbia to upland, farmland to woodland, and the delightful Rivers Etherow and Goyt. The weather was very warm, yet cloudy and…
Introduction After the pretty dales of the White Peak last week, it was time to tackle the rugged wilderness of a Dark Peak hill today. Black Hill is the third highest point in the Peak District at 1908 feet, 582 m. It is the highest point (county top) of the…
Introduction For several months during lockdown, my wife Caroline has been saying she’s heard great things about the views from Bamford Edge, above the village of Bamford and the south end of Ladybower Reservoir, and that we must go there when lockdown ends and the weather is on our side.…
Introduction Inspired by some pictures posted by Lucy Goldsmith, one of my Twitter followers and a former colleague at Weaver Vale Housing Trust, I headed out through Glossop on the A57 Snake Pass from Manchester to Sheffield. My walk was designed to follow parts of the Rivers Ashop and Alport…
Introduction Which is it? The former is in common use, but the latter is as stated on the OS Map. Whichever, it is a beautiful spot, where I have walked several times, and yet today, I completed a 7 mile walk, with just a few hundred yards of path that…
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