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6 Apr Walk Leader: Ralph Browes Gradbach, Flash and Dane Valley Length of walk: 9.5 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 20 miles Number walking: 14 It was one of those days when you deploy your overtrousers and rucksack cover from the start. Ralph assured the group that the mud wasn’t too bad on …
16 Mar Walk Leader: Barrie Hacking Haigh Country Park, Wigan Length of walk: 10 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 43 miles Number walking: 17 We have never walked in the Wigan area before but, with the M6 in full working order, we arrived at the car parks for Haigh (pronounced Hay) Country Park …
17 Feb Walk Leader: Keith Haines Alderley Edge Length of walk: 8 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 15 miles Number walking: 15 The best thing to say about the weather is “it could have been worse”. It was cold and it rained constantly throughout the walk, but it wasn’t windy, the rain …
20 Jan Walk Leader: Kevin Dean Madeley Centre Length of walk: 10 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 14 miles Number walking: 19 Once again the January walk set off from the delightful Madeley Centre with its tarmac car park, warm toilets and coffee shop. Well-known residents of Madeley include Gordon Banks (England goalkeeper) and …
9 Dec Walk Leader: Keith Haines Little Moreton Hall Length of walk: 8.5 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 8 miles Number walking: 23 No correspondent was present to record the events on the day but two descriptive texts give a flavour of the walk. A restful, gentle circular 8.5 miles through woods, fields and …
18 Nov Walk Leader: Christine Roche Congleton to Macclesfield Length of walk: 10 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 10 miles Number walking: 22 For the first time we travelled to the start of the walk entirely on the public bus. Fortunately the number 38 service gave us a double-decker so that by the time we left …
7 Oct Walk Leader: Paul Billington Kinder Length of walk: ? miles Distance to Start of Walk: ? miles Number walking: 9 Before we had ventured very far, the path up William Clough had disappeared under a torrent of impassable water. When this happened the 2nd time, Ralph took the decision to climb up onto …
16 Sep Walk Leader: Bill & Ruth Crichton The Quiet Woman & Chrome Hill Length of walk: 10 miles Distance to Start of Walk: ? miles Number walking: 7 This walk is a warning to people who pay too much attention to weather forecasts. It was raining all the previous night: the forecast was lousy and it was …
5 August Wenlock Edge Walk Leader: Bill & Ruth Crichton Length of walk: 9 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 50 miles Number walking: 12 We set off from Sandbach in sunshine but the temperature slipped as we went south and the clouds rolled in. In spite of the warning about nettles littering the woodland …
1 July Tideswell and Litton Walk Leader: Ralph Browes No report of this walk. 22 July Stanage Edge and Rivelin Valley Walk Leader: Ralph Browes Length of walk: 9.75 miles Distance to Start of Walk: 42 miles Number walking: 14 For the second of the July walks the group travelled to the outskirts of Hathersage, …