July, 2019 Well what can I say! The sun shone, the views were lovely, the cakes delicious in fact the whole day was ‘off the scale' – 20 out of 10! We started by climbing up onto the moor which rewarded us with far-reaching 360 degree views then slowly descended through a narrow valley called …
Llangollen Day Walk, June 2019
WOW! We thought the Anglesey Day walk was going to be hard to beat but our day out to Llangollen was magnificent. Having said that, just as we were finishing breakfast and preparing to head off along the canal, a hailstorm blew through the valley making the view look worryingly wintery. As usual though the …
Longsleddale and Kentmere Day Walk, May 2018
What a day out we had in the Lakes on Thursday! The weather was perfect. The scenery was just breathtaking. One of the most memorable aspects of the day was the carpets of bluebells everywhere, then masses of wild garlic – absolutely stunning. I had overestimated on the mileage for this walk. It's actually 13.7 …
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Sandstone Trail Day Walk, 2018
The Best of the Sandstone Trail: Our first day walk of 2018
Macclesfield Forest Day Walk, Sept 2017
Sandstone Trail Day Walk, May 2017
We had lovely sunshine for our May day walk which was The Sandstone Trail circular. We set off from Tarporley at 9.45am for a brisk 6 mile saunter along the Sandstone Trail past Beeston Castle and along the Peckforton Ridge to The Pheasant Inn at Higher Burwardsley for a delicious lunch. If you have not …
Hathersage Day Walk, April 2017
North Cheshire Nordic Walking - Hathersage Day Walk , April 2017
Morecambe Bay Walk, Sept 2016
A post from NCNW Walk Leader, Ian Burgess On Sunday 11th September Helen and I with eight friends from Goostrey, and perhaps 100 others, travelled up the southern bit of Cumbria to walk* across Morecambe Bay from Arnside on the south side of the River Kent estuary to Kents Bank on the northern side. It …
The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge
Saturday 2nd July, 2016 7.00am on a rather cool, dull midsummer morning. Fifteen keen North Cheshire Nordic Walkers and Goostrey Wheelers (minus their bikes) assemble at the car park in Horton In Ribblesdale. The anticipation levels are high; the dilemmas are many. How many layers? How much water to carry? Waterproof over trousers or not? To run …