Introduction The weather forecast was for fog all day in Wincle. I chose to take a chance and headed out through Macclesfield. There was murky low cloud, but no true fog as I reached the church in Wincle. It was cool, but still, and pretty good walking weather. It’s a…
Half-Day Walker Posts
Introduction Heavy overnight rain had moved away, but more was due to follow from lunchtime, so I just had time for a short 5 mile walk not too far from home. It’s about a half hour drive to Sutton, just south of Macclesfield, from Cheadle Hulme. The weather was dull,…
Introduction On a beautiful cold, sunny day, I chose a waterside walk, not too difficult as I had a tennis match to play in the evening. It’s just a half hour drive to Tintwistle from Cheadle Hulme. The day was bright and still in the hazy sunshine. The walk is…
Introduction Great day for a walk! It started with more cloud than sun, but the middle part of the day was still, dry, and sunny. So, I headed up to the Peak District, through Castleton and Hope to Hathersage. The journey took from Cheadle Hulme took an hour. This route…
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Introduction The weather remains dry, cloudy, and quiet. A seed was planted with me regarding a trip to the Millennium Walkway at New Mills, so I planned a route to include it today. The journey took from Cheadle Hulme took 25 minutes. This route is about 7 miles, and has…
Introduction It’s been a dank and dreary couple of days in the northwest of England, So I decided to get to the east of the high ground today. The Rivelin Valley runs out of the Peak District down into the heart of Sheffield. It’s my first visit here, and I…
Introduction I chose to head into the South Pennines today, starting my walk in the pretty village of Delph. in the borough of Oldham. The weather has been quite kind this week, and so it continued today with pretty much wall to wall sunshine for this walk. The journey took…
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Introduction With tennis matches to play this evening, I decided on a short walk today, yet with plenty of time, I decided to head off to North Wales and the lovely country park just the other side of Mold. After a very wet day yesterday, today turned out to be…
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Introduction The second half of September was blighted by heavy rain. With the ground so wet, I decided to stick to what I hoped would be fairly well made paths in an urban country park area. I wasn’t disappointed, as this is a really interesting area to explore. The weather…
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Introduction Indian Summer days don’t come any better than this, so Cal and I took ourselves off to Castleton in the heart of the Peak District to make the most of this glorious weather. The journey to Castleton took 50 minutes. This walk is 4.7miles but with almost 1000 feet…
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