Walk Wormhill 27/12/2020

 Mark B. led a walk worm hill and Millers Dale area .(More info and photos please)

Walks 2 Stockport Boxing day 26/12/2020

 Chris S. led 2 boxing day walks a 5 mile and a 10 mile.

 Park at or the small free car park on the opposite side of A626 just off Junction 27 of M60. Jack M. met us with others at car park at Vernon park (near Pear Mill) at 09.45

Early Start walking at 09.30AM    the route is on OS Map 277 Manchester & Salford .

Route:- Both walks went NE, along Mid Shires way  and go thro Bredbury disused rail tunnel then S. Almost to Pear mill ( 09.45 meet Vernon Park parkers). Then road walked to Bredbury Hall, Middle farm, Goyt Hall then went across River Goyt bridge (the 5 miler walkers leave rest and go to Woodlands park then Woodbank park then Vernon park then return same way through Bredbury rail tunnel.)

The longer walkers went S. poise brook, Holiday lane, E. walked some A626 road then at Offerton Green (2 walkers left the group) rest went SE passages through Shearwater estate, cross A627 through Stockport G.C. Cown E.W. Wood farm, Middlewood way N. Rose Hill, reports of dangerously muddy path at Marple Dale caused us to divert to Otterspool,  Mill lane, across Goyt river bridge again and go to same “PARKS” then Bredbury rail tunnel route back as the short walk.

WALK Mulled wine Romiley 20/12/2020

 John G. led a walk from Romiley Tang, NNE. Top-o-th'-Hill, Gleave , Back-o-th'Hill, Werneth, S. Compstall, SW. Brabyns, W. Peak Forest Canal return. At 11ses and lunch John supplied Mulled wine and mince pies. A showery day, some heavy and slippery under foot. 

Covid 19 precautions were observed.

On top of the Forresters (piggy) pub at Gleave

WALK Park Bridge 13/12/2020

 Jack M. led a walk from Park Bridge Heritage Centre near Ashton Under Lyne to Harts Hill Pike  return. 5 miles 5 members. The plan was then to walk to Daisy Nook country park return another 4 miles but this was a very wet windy and cold day and no one wanted any more so we finished after the first 5 miles.

Anti Covid 19 measures were complied with. 

Walk Portland Basin 10/12/2020

Tracy led a Thursday walk from Portland basin.

Jack wrote : We walked from Portland Basin, Ashton along the canal to the Moravian Settlement. This is a self contained community for the Moravian Church largely built in the mid 1700's. The whole village is in a time warp and has been very little changed since then. We continued the walk via Debdale Park and then back to Ashton.

WALK Littleborough 06/12/2020

 John E. led a walk from Littleborough railway station. 

Route:- Rochdale Canal, Ealees, Whittaker golf club. E, then N, Lydgate, E, Roman Road, N, Pennine way to Warland Resr, W. Bottomley, canal S. return 10 miles. A cold grey day with some fog clearing later some snow higher up. Nice to be out after the lockdown.