Wednesday 25th Oct
After lunch Harry took bike to Rutland Water.
I walked from Normanton car park to the Manton Bird watch centre and back - around 5.6 miles in all.Lovely afternoon.
Coffee at the car.
Wednesday 25th Oct
Coffee at the car.
1. Monday 23rd Oct. Walk around Hambleton peninsulawith harry, Kate and Maureen. Road closures and floods ensured a rather roundabout route! Kate picked us up - it took almost 45 mins to get out there, so we set off at 10.04. The lake was very misty at the start of the walk.
We walked anti-clockwise to get the hilly part over and done with.
We had a break on the southern side, which was sheltered and even slightly sunny. More people walking round by now . I had forgotten to put coffee powder in, so a drink of hot water had to do, along with Maureen’s scone.
We saw. a bird which was either a very pale heron or possibly an egret, along with lots of swans and a few geese.
Saturday 14th October, with Harry.
Lovely sunrise, swallowed rapidly by mist, which then flowed pink from time to time - all in half an hour or so. Temperature rather colder.
Great walk from Upper Hulme Paddock Farm Tea room (park in lay-by opposite) We arrived just after 9. and and were walking at 9.16.
A convenient bench was a good place to stop for coffee at Roach End.
We followed the path back to Roach End again,
Somewhere between 8 and 9 miles,with around 1200 feet of climbing. Great combo walk. We decided to head ‘home’ rather than to the Tea room, as we were soaking.
Thursday 12th October, with Harry.
We parked in the car park towards the northern end of the reservoir, and walked south towards the ruins of Errwood Hall.
Shutlingsloe |
We chatted to a woman walking, and recommended Chrome Hill. Then at the summit cairn, we met four women from Leeds who were on a walking holiday, and wanted their photo taken together.
We had coffee and scone on the benches at top of Shining Tor. This is the highest hill in present day Cheshire at 559 metres (1834 feet). We could see Shutlingsloe and Sutton Common Radio Tower to the south (ish). Shutlingsloe and the radio tower
The path continues along to Cat’s Tor, paved most of the way, and keeping to the ridge.
https://all-geo.org/metageologist/2014/10/paths-across-the-cheshire-peak/
The Cheshire/Derbyshire border is also Alan Garner country. Folklore, magic and history. I had not realised that Thursbitch was a) a real place or b) so close to Shining Tor.
http://alangarner.atspace.org/votd.html
Enough of that for now. We continue via Cat’s Tor and Oldgate Nick to the road, which we follow downhill for a short distance before picking up a path to the right.
We decide on a detour to the ruins of Errwood Hall for old times’ sake.
The hall is being repaired - because of ‘anti-social behaviour/ vandalism’, according to the Goyt Valley website. At one time raves were held there.
http://www.whaleybridge.net/localhistory/errwood.html
In total we walked 7.5 miles and climbed a bit over 1100 feet in much better weather than when we were last here in October 2017.