266 Saturday 3 May 2025 Walk : Littleborough to Denshaw

 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  out  of  the  valley and  across  to  the  Piethorne  valley. There  was  a  good view across  to  Ogden  Reservoir.


We  had a brief stop by this old  cellar  of  a  ruined  farm


We  had  our snack  stop  the  woods by  Piethorne  Reservoir


We  walked across  the  dam of tiny Hanging Lees Reservoir


Simon noticed  smoke  on  the  slopes of  distant Winter Hill. He took a snap  and  contacted  the  local press who  actually used his picture in their reporting.

This  was  the  view  back over Piethorne


We  were  dismayed to find our onward route blocked by a wire fence  and we had to make a diversion to get down to Rooden Reservoir.


An  unintentional deviation took us  past  the  Ram's Head where we stopped for a drink.


 We followed  a  bridleway down into Denshaw where we were just in time to catch  a  bus  to Greenfield station where we then had a short wait  for  a  replacement  bus  to  Stalybridge and  a train on into Manchester.




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