Introduction This week, I followed a recommendation from my son Adam, and headed to this United Utilities reservoir in the South Pennines, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. There were some unexpected twists along the way! Travel time – 50 minutes each way. Walk time – 3hrs 40minutes, plus a…
Half-Day Walker Posts
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…
Where Have I Been? My last post ended with the line “But, sadly, my next blog post could be some way off, folks.” That was on 31st December 2020. The knee injury I suffered when falling off a rock in the snow near Bramhall Park seems a long time ago.…
Tier 4 – Exercise From Home I rose to a beautiful snowy morning on this New Year’s Eve, our first day in Tier 4 Coronavirus restrictions. This seems as good a place as any to start a walk and avoid hazardous driving conditions and take exercise whilst remaining near home.…
The Greater Manchester Tour The “social bubble” of Caroline, Adam and I ventured forth once again, and continued our tour of the boroughs of Greater Manchester, following the visit to Ramsbottom in the borough of Bury on 1st November and the City of Manchester on 1st December. Adam was our…
Introduction Sometimes, even the most ardent blogger runs out of time, and so it is that this post is a catch-up from last week. Adam joined me for this trip to Tameside, and the village of Mossley, nestling in the Tame Valley to the north of Stalybridge. I drove north…
A Day Of Two Halves OK, I know I live in Tier 3 Greater Manchester… so what was I doing in Staffordshire. Well sadly, I was attending the funeral of my cousin and godmother, Wendy Harding (25/8/39 – 19/11/20) at Bushbury Crematorium on the north side of Wolverhampton. It was…
Introduction Browsing my maps earlier in the week, I spotted Stalybridge Country Park, which I’d never heard of before. Seeing that it has four reservoirs I reckoned it would have good hard surfaces for walking on, which can be essential at this time of year. Continuing on over Hollingworthall Moor…
Introduction The weather forecasters seemed unable to decide whether the early rain would be here all day, or perhaps just linger further south. So, I changed my plans, and took a walk that I know well, and from which I could fairly quickly retreat if the weather took a turn…
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