37 Saturday October 17th 2020 Norland Moor

 We  have  Andy  Burnham  to  thank  for  this  one. Without  being  locked  in  our  own  county,  I  was  able  to  pick  Norland  Moor, the  shortest  walk  in  the  Paul  Hannon  book  as  our  destination. We  set  off  early  to  enable  me  to  get  back  in  time  to  watch  Rochdale's  game  on  Ifollow. On  the  way  we  stopped  at  Ainsworth  Road  post  office  to  post  some  parcels  and  get  Simon  a  bacon  butty. I  had  a  sausage  roll.

We  drove  on  to  Norland  with  the  weather  getting  worse  but  luck  was  with  us. It  was  only  spitting  as  we  got  out  of  the  car  and  the  weather  got  progressively  better  as  we  went  on.  We  went  up  to  the  quarry  at  Turgate  Delph  where  we  paused  to  enjoy  the  wonderful  views  over  Sowerby  Bridge  and  Halifax.



We  moved  on  to  the  Ladstone  where  Simon  climbed  to  the  top.


We  then  made  a  detour  to  the  trig  point.


Just  after  that  we  started  noticing  and  consuming  bilberries  and  a  little  further  along  we  met  a  nice  lady  who  was  gathering  them  for  a  pie  with  her  son.  Simon  started  stopping  a  lot  to  pick  bilberries  after that  which  was  eating  up  time  so  I  was  glad  when  we  got  off  the  moor.
We  headed  for  the  Spring  Rock  Tavern  which  I  fully  expected  to  be  long  closed  and  converted but  it's  still  open  and  we  had  our  snack  stop on  a  bench  there.


 There  was  a  rather  earthy  and  slightly  puzzling  memorial  stone  nearby.



Just  beyond  the  pub  the  directions  became  confusing. There  was  a  sports  club  to  the  right,  where  some  boys  and  girls  were  playing  rugby,  which Hannon  didn't  mention  and  no  sign  of  a  path  where his  instructions  said  leave  the  road. I  checked  the  OS  map  and  the  point  where  the  path  should  be  was  clearly  fenced  off. We  took  a  lower  path  by  the  sports  club  and  joined  the  Hannon  route  further  on  where  the  stiles  were  intact.  We  then  turned  back  towards  the  moor   and  had  no  more  mishaps. The  views  were  even  better  than  before.


  We  got  in  the  car  and  drove  home  calling  at  Morrisons  for  some  items  following  a  message  from  Julie. We  got  back  in  time  for  football  but  I  soon  wished  we  hadn't. 0-3  to  Hull  and  a  witless  display  which  left  me  feeling  cheated.  



 

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