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4 days ago
Eleven keen members braved the early morning strong southerly winds and rain to make a fairly short but steep ascent of Mam Tor. We continued along the ridge to Hollins Cross where we lost Colin and Helen either lured by beer in The Cheshire Cheese or thwarted by Colin's injury. The rest of us continued along the ridge to Back Tor and Lose Hill with views of the pinnacle of Win Hill in the distance and the mist clearing over Kinder. Those doing the shorter walk ( nicknamed The Gossips by Howard ) left in Hope to return via the river to Castleton. A break in the weather allowed the main party to climb up to the summit of Win Hill to be afforded views of Ladybower , Bamford and The Derwent Edges before joining the others to return to the cars. Joan told our reporter ," I had a very enjoyable time on the walk.'
8 days ago
It's still work in progress but the group is now on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace! http://twitter.com/StockportWalk http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stockport-Walking-Outdoor-Group/29593749758?ref=ts http://www.myspace.com/stockportwalkingoutdoors SueT
10 days ago
In beautiful weather, 10 children and 12 adults met at Castleton Tourist Info Centre to complete a circular walk via Hope. This truely was a family walk, with 3 generations, as Molly's grandparents joined us. Molly was very impressed with the new people to chat to (particularly Catherine Lilley, the only other girl on the walk) although she soon got sick of carrying the map and delegated the job of finding paths to her mum. The walk took us past streams, on lanes, past trees to climb and over a very bouncy bridge over the railway. The ground was ever so slightly soggy underfoot and we had a few sitting in the mud at times (and not just when we had the picnic lunch). We finished the walk around 2pm in time for an ice cream or a sleep in the car on the way home.
10 days ago
23 swogs and 2 dogs set off from the lovely Hartington village (after a short visit to the cheese shop) heading off into Beresford Dale through the mud but bathed in sunshine. On reaching Beresford Lane two of the party took a different route for convalescence of a previous ankle injury (we met back in the pub later). The main group then walked through the farm and over the shoulder of Narrowdale Hill where we stopped and had coffee with splended views over Gratton and Wolfescote hills. We continued accross fields and wandered into Alstonfield, where the local produce shop was visited by some of the group. Then from Alstonfield we carried on to the lunch stop just above Coldeaton Bridge and looking onto the beautiful Wolfscote Dale and the distant Tissington trail. We then ventured downhill to meet the river Dove and follow it back towards Hartington taking in the magnificent limestone rock turrets of the Wolfescote dale returning around 14.55 to the Pub. A nice walk in mainly ...
26 days ago
Sundays 1st November New Mills to Macclesfield. Rick 8th November Hayfield Circular Les 15th November DOUBLE BILL 1. Beresford & Wolfescote Dale Wendy 2. Family walk– details to follow Clint 22nd November Castleton - Win and Lose Hills. Peter H 29th November Rudyard walk Joan Wednesdays 4th November Me and my camera (videos) Roy Bradshaw 11th November Tour de Corse Harvey Bell 18th November It’s a kind of magic (AV’s) Pam & Dave Greenland 25th November Annual General Meeting Thursday 26th ...
