A Walk – Stalybridge

This is a repeat of my walk of last November when the weather closed in (thick cloud and horizontal freezing rain) for the latter, and most picturesque, part of the walk. Hoping for better conditions in June so I am planning to extend the original walk slightly weather permitting. Details of walk as follows : […]

C Walk – Macclesfield Forest

Details of the walk for Thursday 6th June (Macc Forest / Shutlingsloe > / Wildboarclough / Oakenclough) > > Directions for walk from Trentabank. > > Take the Macc road from Hazel Grove – via Macc ring road (Silk Road) > Just after this joins the Leek road out of Macc at first Traffic > […]

B Walk – Rowsley

This weeks walk starts from a small car park in Rowsley at 10.15am.  The car park (which used to be free, I don’t know it’s current standing) is at GR SK 257 656.It is a moderate walk of around 9.5 to 10 miles which takes us through woodland, moorland and soft green rolling countryside.  It’s […]

D Walk – Oakenden (Change from programme)

The walk is an anti-clockwise circle round Rainow starting at 10.30. from Oakenden It is 5.5 MS as there are 4 short up hills, 3 with a gentile downhill to follow. The other is level. Directions:- from the Rising Sun in Hazel Grove take the A 523 Macclesfield Road. At the Legh Arms traffic lights […]