Introduction Well, it’s really cold, isn’t it? I decided to keep my walk short and familiar today, and I stuck to well-made surfaces, mainly roads. It’s a half hour drive from Cheadle Hulme to the village of Rainow, near Macclesfield. The weather was fantastically crisp, bright and sunny. The walk…
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Introduction With it being so cold this week, I decided on travelling a little further afield, thus spending more time in the car, and not too far on the walk! But then, I ended up walking nearly 7 miles. And, the ascent totalled 1350feet, so the climbs soon got the…
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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…
Introduction I worked in Northwich for more than 12 years, and was looking forward to returning to this familiar area. The high winds of Thursday had abated a little by Friday, and so, with Rolo alongside me, I decided it was safe enough for a lowland walk. The area to…
Introduction There was a moody, damp feel to the day as I set out this morning. It’s a 35 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme to Combs Reservoir. The walk is 6.1 miles with over 1000 feet of ascent, in two separate climbs, with the pretty village of Combs interjecting between…
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…
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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 Cal was out on a guided tour of Gorton Monastery this morning. So, having missed my Thursday walk this week, I made up for it with this great hike in a classic location. The Goyt Valley is a regular haunt for anyone who loves walking on the western side…
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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