Clarke Chronicler's Resurrection

 Simon chose to continue our walk along  the  towpath of The Bridgewater Canal. We drove  to Radcliffe for the tram to Timperley. When we got there, Simon wanted to stop at the cafe attached to the tram stop for something  to  eat.  I just had some toast  but Simon had a big helping of salt and pepper fries  which he couldn't finish so we took some home in a doggy box. We  rejoined  the  towath in pretty  urban  surroundings. We  were  both struck by  these  apartment  buildings  shaped like  ships. The  more  conventional architecture of the old linotype works was also striking. We  saw some rowers at the edge of Altrincham. The canal took a turn to the right and  instantly became more rural It  wasn't long before we started to see evidence of the  breach of New Year's Day. At  Dunham we came to the point where the  towpath has been closed for...

 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.