Enjoying lunch alongside the Macclesfield Canal!Walk stats: Distance: 14.7 miles (15 if you take into account the walk to The Vine afterwards. Climb: 298'.
Time: 5 hours 3 minutes; Walking average: 3.2 m.p.h. (A PB for the group!), Overall walk average: 2.9.m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Richard, Tito, Sylvia and Dave J.
Time: 5 hours 3 minutes; Walking average: 3.2 m.p.h. (A PB for the group!), Overall walk average: 2.9.m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Richard, Tito, Sylvia and Dave J.
This walk was that we didn't really know what to expect, a little bit like the weather. The initial route along the Midddlewood Way (an old railway track), although elivated didn't give us the views that we perhaps had hoped for. It did however provide us with a pair of badgers, a two foot frog and a three foot rabbit (all wood sculpures)! The climb along the outward journey along the railway track was less than 100', but I suppose we should have expected that.
Along the Middlewood Way we encountered, runners, walkers (many with dogs) and horse riders (all well behaved).
We extended the walk a little and went almost as far as Marple to the Cown Edge Way link to the Macclesfield canal.
Lunch was taken at the first available bench on the Macclesfield Canal.
The return toute along the canal, was surprisingly harder, and we amazed to maintain the 3.2 m.p.h. walking speed of the outward journey. Once again the canal tow path was a popular section for dog walkers.
Birds seen or heard included:Robin, Song thrush, Mistle thrush, Kestrel, Dunnock, House sparrow, Mallard, Feral pigeon, Dove, Blue tit, Great tit, Nuthatch, Long-tailed tit, drake Mandarin, Canada goose, Moorhen, Chaffinch, Wren, Collard dove and Mute Swan.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at The Vale, Bollington, where Pheonix Navvi and a Cottage Brewery beer were the beers sampled.
Along the Middlewood Way we encountered, runners, walkers (many with dogs) and horse riders (all well behaved).
We extended the walk a little and went almost as far as Marple to the Cown Edge Way link to the Macclesfield canal.
Lunch was taken at the first available bench on the Macclesfield Canal.
The return toute along the canal, was surprisingly harder, and we amazed to maintain the 3.2 m.p.h. walking speed of the outward journey. Once again the canal tow path was a popular section for dog walkers.
Birds seen or heard included:Robin, Song thrush, Mistle thrush, Kestrel, Dunnock, House sparrow, Mallard, Feral pigeon, Dove, Blue tit, Great tit, Nuthatch, Long-tailed tit, drake Mandarin, Canada goose, Moorhen, Chaffinch, Wren, Collard dove and Mute Swan.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at The Vale, Bollington, where Pheonix Navvi and a Cottage Brewery beer were the beers sampled.
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