More socially distanced music

Baz, ever resourceful, invited fellow musicians from the Glossop Labour Club Friday night sessions to sit in his rather lovely back garden to play music and generally catch up.

It was a lovely way to spend a few hours on a Saturday afternoon – thanks Baz!

New Mills 'Running'. Ho ho.

The Plan (it’s always good to have A Plan, just ask Baldrick) was to have a bit of an explorative trot from New Mills Golf Club with a view to coming up with a route for Tally-Ho!

I’d plotted a couple of routes on Viewranger, the first route looked okay: 9 miles, around 1250’ of ascent and all on what appeared to be good tracks and paths. 

It just goes to prove how important a recce is.

The sun shone very hotly, bity flying things were out in force. On reflection it was a daft decision to undertake a run in the middle of such a day. Early morning would have been better.

Much of the route was navigable but some of the surfaces were very difficult to run on. Some of the dense undergrowth made it almost impossible for me to see where my feet were landing. I managed to stay upright. Mostly.

A couple of re-routes, some stops & starts to check the map, take photos, admire the views, swat biting insects, etc all conspired to slow me down. Oh, and being more than a bit out of condition.

Whatever, it was a good couple of hours of run / walking – and great to be out in the hills again.

My intended 9 mile route:

Where I actually went, around 7.5 miles:

Oh well.

Anyroadup, some photos from the 'run':

Kinder Scout

Oh yeah?

 

A great running surface...but a bit boring

 

Windybottom door for Rob P

 

 

The River Goyt

The route went through Linnet Clough Scout Campsite:
 

 Manchester on the horizon

A good number of footpaths weren't signed, mostly those crossing private property. I wonder if any of these paths will become subject to requests for them to be extinguished. In order to register my use of those paths I've reported the signpost issue on the very excellent Fix my Street.

When I arrived home my first stop was my medicine cupboard to grab the antihistamine cream, my insect bites were ragingly itchy! 

Doodlecat The New

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Phil, of Doodlecat fame, has relaunched his world famous and rightly popular Doodlecat blog.

If you’re remotely interested in, well, anything really (although outdoorsy stuff like the TGO Challenge features highly), Doodlecat is well worth a follow.

Just follow this link ….go on, you know you want to.