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…
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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 No heatwave this week, but with a tennis match to play this evening, I opted for another local, shorter walk this week. Rolo is 3 today, and his treat was a Thursday walk with Gramps! It was great walking weather, around 16deg C, cloudy after overnight rain, with little…
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Introduction So, it’s officially a heatwave. I decided that a short walk would suffice in this heat. It was already 22 degC when I left home on the short drive to the lay-by next to the former Cheshire Hunt Inn, now the Cheshire Hunt Holiday Cottages. It’s just a 20…
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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 Cal and I had some time on our hands today, so we headed north to the popular folly and beauty spot of Rivington Pike, situated between Bolton and Chorley. The weather was warm with sunny spells, and a couple of brief, sharp showers. Rivington is a 40 minute drive…
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 Today, I intended heading to the moors of Rochdale and Calderdale, but that was scuppered by the lingering rain. So I headed southwest to a walk I know well, but one you can never tire of. It was raining cats and dogs all through the journey, but the rain…
Introduction Cheshire has some wonderful, classic English villages. Tarporley is one of these, and an ideal place from which to explore. It was a good walking day, 18 degC, starting sunny, becoming cloudier but staying dry! Tarporley is a 45 minute drive from Cheadle Hulme. The walk is 6.5 miles…
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