Back to Plan A from last week! With good weather expected I headed out to Rainow, between Macclesfield and Whaley Bridge. Rainow is just a half hour drive from Cheadle Hulme. The weather was beautiful! Not since the 2nd December had I seen such a consistently sunny day. The walk…
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Introduction All week, Thursday’s forecast has been for a band of rain / snow to arrive around the middle of the day. In hope that the forecast may change, I planned a walk in the hills. I also had a Plan B. I set the alarm for an early start,…
Introduction Sometimes it’s just great to visit a beautiful place that you know will be delightful every time. This is one such place , and I was able to find several paths that I haven’t walked before. I drove up the A6 through Whaley Bridge and reached Fernilee Reservoir in…
Introduction The weather forecast indicated that a rainy start would pass eastwards during the morning, so I headed west to to get to the dry spell as soon as possible. The forecast was right, and I drove through the rain on the M56 and arrived at my starting point in…
Introduction I decided to stay down in the Cheshire Plain today, for this walk in the Dane Valley between Holmes Chapel and Congleton. There are only three bridges over the river between these 2 towns, one being a main road. I chose to create a circular walk using the other…
Introduction It was such an unseasonably warm December day today. So, although I’d played 2 hours tennis this morning, I couldn’t resist a short walk in one of my favourite places. This is a fantastic place for dog walking, well made paths, and no wildlife nor livestock to worry about…
Introduction It has been extremely wet this week. So it was with some trepidation and a sense of adventure that I left home today. I decided to stay quite close to civilisation, and take some well used paths. Despite that slight concern, it is a walk that I knew was…
Introduction I was looking after Rolo today, so decided to walk from Jordan and Delly’s house at Turf Lea, near Marple Ridge rather than have his muddy paws in the car! Today was clear, crisp, sunny and cold with a northerly breeze. Turf Lea is a little over 20 minutes…
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…
Introduction I had a great upland walk planned for today, but I awoke to a scene of persistent heavy drizzle, and the forecast was that it would persist down all day! So I dug out this walk, which I had planned last winter, but not used due to Covid restrictions.…
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