Clarke Chronicler's Resurrection

 My choice was to return to Stalybridge to continue our station to station walk. We caught the train to Stalybridge where we had to ditch a leaking water bottle and buy another one from the Tesco there. We  caught the bus to Brushes Clough and went in the cafe there for a drink and cake. We had a good view back up the Tame valley from the first path we took. Simon was impressed with the view over to Manchester. There was a good view ahead to Swineshaw Moor. We ate a lot of blackberries on the next part of the route and had an enjoyable conversatio with a guy from a Manchester rambling group as our route briefly corresponded with their's. As we got higher there was a great view over to Manchester and Winter Hill.  After crossing the main road between Stalybridge and Mottram we  noticed this  sign near a farm shop. We had to take our life in our hands crossing the exit from the M67 at  the Mottram roundabout. We  had a  nice  surprise shortly a...

 We  returned to the Mersey for more filming. We drove to Radcliffe for the  Metrolink into Manchester. We intended to eat at Big Licks but it wasn't open despite the internet saying otherwise. Instead we at at a new place Dave's Hot Chicken. The video we filmed there will appear here in due course. We then took the tram to Burton Road then walked down to where we left off on the Mersey previously. We had a stop at the Jackson's Boat pub along the way. The video we filmed will appear here in due course. We  finished at The Bridgewater Canal  and  used it to get to the  tram stop at Stretford.

We  came back from holiday in something of a rush to make Rochdale's game at home to Altrincham which was kicking off early at 12.30pm. That made a trip on the Saturday imprractical and Simon had made arrangements with a friend on the Sunday. However Julie was willing to go somewhere with me and  suggested a walk around  Calf Hey Reservoir followed by something to eat at the Clough Head Visitor Centre.    We parked at the Calf Hey car park and decided to walk in an anti-clockwise direction. The low level of the reservoir reflected the heat of the day. The un-matching plaques on this bench amused us. We  passed the preserved ruins of Hartley House and read the informative signboard/ Ditto Lower Ormerods There was a good view ahead to Musbury Heights I wondered if we could spot anything interesting in the dried up bed of the reservoir but  nothing jumped out. We  were soon  walking across the dam. Ogden  Reservoir looked rather more full. ...

 We were on holiday in Keswick at this  point. We rang up our friends in Selside to ask if they wanted to come over. They were flying to Crete on the Monday but suggested we meet up in Ambleside and visit Stock Ghyll Force. We went down to Ambleside by bus to the meeting point at The Salutation Hotel. Our  friends  then said they were stuck in traffic. We went to the Apple Pie Eating House for lunch. By  the  time we finished they had  arrived in Ambleside. We  did the walk up to the waterfall. Julie found it quite hard with her sore foot. We were amused to spot a woman from the cafe who'd been in a wheelchair, on  her  feet having a paddle in the pool at the bottom. We had  a  little  picnic at  a  nearby table. We then decided to visit Galava Roman Fort. Simon flew the drone there. The footage will  appear in  due  course. We took a footpath back to Ambleside We then  had a drink at a park k...

 This was my choice, a continuation of our station to station walk from Greenfield. Our next target was Broadbottom but I didn't expect to make it there. We took the train to Stalybridge then got a rail replacement bus on to Greenfield. On the walk down from the station there was a fine  view  up the Chew Valley As we  gained height, there was a fine view over to Wharmton.  This  was  the  view back up the Tame valley. This  was  the  view back to Greenfield The track nicely levelled out as we looked ahead to Mossley. We  were impressed by  the  crags of Noonsun Hill As  we rounded a corner, there was a fineview of Slatepit Moor We chatted to a fellow walker beneath Buckton Castle. The path dropped into the village of Carrbrook where we noted this fungus. We  had  our snack stop at the bowling green. We  then climbed out  of  the  village. This was the view looking back to Buckton Ca...

 Simon  chose to return to Castle Hill on a  day when the Jubilee Tower was actually open. We  drove to Todmorden to take advantage of the cheaper rail fares. The  train to Brighouse was  full  of  people  travelling to York Races. From Brighouse there was a  rail replacement bus service to Huddersfield. We  posed by the  statue  of  Harold Wilson  outside the station. Simon spotted the record shop Vinyl Tap on the other side of the square. I'd done some business by  mail order with them but never been in the shop before. We  went  in  there and Simon purchased an LP. We  then found our way to the Wimpy Bar for lunch. We  then caught a bus to Almondbury. I hadn't realised how far the centre of the village  was from the Tower  so we ended up catching another bus to get us nearer. We climbed up to the tower by a  fire-damaged path that had been closed off  on our...