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…
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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…
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…
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…
Introduction Last week I introduced my walk as a great walk at summer’s end. This week’s walk was not so great and the weather had a distinctly autumnal feel, with a strong, cool easterly breeze taking the edge off the temperature. The journey to Church Minshull (south of Middlewich) took…
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Introduction Summer’s end nears, but we appear to be set for a fair weekend, and today started it early, so I headed to the hills between New Mills, Hayfield and Chapel-en-le-frith. This is a great walk! The journey is about 30 minutes each way by car from Cheadle Hulme to…
Introduction It was a wet morning, as I set off for North Staffordshire. It remained grey for most of this walk, but not too rainy. The journey is about 40 minutes each way by car from Cheadle Hulme to Gun End, not too far from Danebridge and Rushton Spencer. This…
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Introduction With rain due to arrive just after lunch, I decided to keep it local today, and take an easy walk on unfamiliar paths in a familiar area! As it turned out, there were plenty of showery bursts of rain in the morning too, but I persevered, and completed the…
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Introduction The recent hot weather continued today, so again I opted for a walk of less than 6 miles in one of my favourite areas. However, with an ascent exceeding 1200 feet it still had quite a kick. The journey is about 30 minutes each way by car from Cheadle…
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