216 Saturday 4th May 2024 Huddersfield Narrow Canal: Mossley to Diggle

 This  was  my  choice, a continuation of  the  Huddersfield  Narrow  Canal  towpath from Mossley  to Diggle. Most  of  the  route  was  a  re-visit  of  a trip  from  the  classic  LTS  era  in  1978.

We  caught  the  train to  Mossley, including  a  quick  change  at  Stalybridge. We  found  our  way  back  to  the  place  where  we  left  off. Christchurch, Friezland loomed over  and  we  soon  reached  the  point where  the  earlier  walk  had  started. I  had  brought  along  the  original map  and  guide.


Shortly afterwards  we  saw  this  huge  mill  chimney.




The  scenery got  more  attractive  as  we  progressed.


There  was  a  canal  basin  just  past Greenfield  station.


We  soon  arrived  at  Uppermill  and  the  statue  of  Ammon  Wrigley.


We  had  a  break  from  the  walk  to  look  round  Saddleworth  Museum. Simon  tried  to  work  out  the  cogs.


There  was  a  vintage  car.


This  is  a  Dobcross Loom.


Simon  still  likes  dressing  up.



 There  was  some  grumbling  at  the  desk as some  woman  was  grumbling at  the  fact  that  a  model  railway  exhibition in  the  room  upstairs  was  impeding  access  to  paintings  on  the  Saddleworth  Arts  Trail  but  there  was  nothing  the  woman  behind  the  desk  could  do  about  it. We  paid  into the  exhibition  and  looked  round  the  exhibits, chatting  to  the  guys  from  the  Bolton  Model  Railway Society.
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 After  some  refreshment  we  returned  to  the  canal. THere  were  plenty of  ducks  to  be  fed.


We  went  under the  impressive  Uppermill  Viaduct.


Just  after  that  we  reached  the  old  Broomhills  Visitor  Centre  which  is  still  advertised  as  such  on  road  signs  but  is  now  just  a  restaurant. We  had  a  late  lunch  there.

When  we  resumed  the  walk,  I  realised  we  were  nearly  in  Diggle.



There's  now  a  cafe  on  the  towpath  which  certainly  wasn't  there  in  1978.


We  ended  our  walk  at   the  entrance  to  the  Standedge  tunnel.



We  just  had  a  short  stroll  to  the  bus  stop  at  Diggle. Previous  LTS  visits  to  Diggle  had  never been  very  happy  but  apart  from  a  long-ish  wait  for  the  bus  this  one was  fine. We  caught  the  bus  to  Greenfield  Station where  we  had  a  45-minute  wait. We  went  in  the  pub  across  the  road. A  fair  few  of  the  custiomers  were  doing  the  same  thing. It  started  raining  as  the  train approached.


 We  got  back  home  without  further  incident.










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