Clarke Chronicler's Resurrection

 This  was  a  trip  to start  the  river  Mersey and  then get a meal at Wagamama, filming both for our YouTube channel. We caught  the  train to Stockport  and  walked down to the start of the river Mersey. Simon was pleased someone complimented him on his cowboy hat. The  footage we shot of  the  Mersey will appear here in due course. We fnished at East Didsbury and walked to the station. We had a wait for the train so went to Costa in the nearby Tesco's  for a drink. Once back in Manchester we went for tea at Wagamama's. The footage we shot can be seen here. We  then went home.

 Simon chose to visit  some more trig points for our video  series.  We  started  in  Bury  at  the  one  near  Hercules  Farm but  had  to  film  from the roadside  as  it  sits on private land. We  then  drove  to Cheesden Brook on the A680 between Edenfield and Rochdale. That's when I realised  my boots were not in the  car  so  had  to  do  the  walk to Harden Moor's  trig point  in trainers. We  had  lunch at the Corner Shop in Stubbins then drove to Clough Head Visitor Centre. We parked there and walked  across to the trig point on Rushy Hill. We  called at  Holden's in Edgworth for some ice cream on the way back.. The  videos we filmed will appear here in due course.

 This  was  my  choice, a  continuation  of our  walk between the Greater Manchester stations. Ostensibly we  were  walking to Greenfield although we were always  likely to finish in Denshaw. We  caught  the train to Littleborough where I saw  my old friend Dave Grayson  outside  the  local history centre and  we  had  a  quick chat. We  then went  to  the  Co-Op for  some  provisions. We went  up  the  Ealees Valley and on towards Whittaker  where  I  pointed out the view towards Hollingworth Lake.  We  went  past  the  now derelict and  crumbling St Hilda's Chapel and looked back to the lake and Knowl Hill We  dropped down to the road at Rakewood  and  proceeded up  the  Longden End valley under  the  M62 viaduct. We  made  the  rough  passage...

 We were pretty constrained by football and other commitments for  this  day so decided to do  a country park video at  Hollingworth Lake, have  another boat ride on  the  lake then  go to Rochdale's  last  home  game  of  the EFL season against Hartlepool. The  video we  filmed will  appear here in due course. Rochdale won 5-1  and  guaranteed our place in the play-offs.

 For  my  next  trip, I opted  to  return to the Bridgewater Canal. We drove to Radcliffe and caught the Metrolink to Stretford.  We  soon  saw  a  barge heading northwards We  passed the Watch House Cruising Club Just  after  that , we crossed the aqueduct over the river Mersey At  Sale, we  had a break where Simon devoured an  apple  and I  made  arrangements  to meet with our  friend Aamir  for  lunch. We  had a brief stop at the barge cafe outside Walton Park and  then concluded the walk at Timperley.  We  left  the  canal and walked on to The Moss  Trooper  where we met up with Aamir and  had  a  good lunch. Aamir  then  dropped us  off  at  the  tram stop  for  returning to Radcliffe

 We  returned to  using airbandb for  this  one, finding a place in Kendal, just outside the town centre. Andy the host was a nice old guy. We  arrived there aound 7.30pm and  went to the Miles Thompson for something to eat. We then stocked up at Tesco Express for  the  walk the next day, We  had a  rudimentary  breakfast provided by our host. The plan was to walk the next stage of the Westmorland Heritage Walk from Sedbergh to Ravestonedale , a stage which  required complicated use of public transport. We  drove to Oxenholme in the morning, parked up  then caught a bus to Sedbergh from there. It was while on the bus that I realised I'd left the guidebook in the car.  We  therefore went  round a couple of second hand bookshops in Sedbergh hoping to find another copy.  We  couldn't find one so I  bought a  map instead. Fortunately,I'd read the relevant chapter the night before so...