New Mills Walking, Sunday 13th Sept

New Mills has featured muchly of late on these pages – it’s because I quite like the town and it’s surrounding countryside. Maybe I could live there….?

It needs more investigation. Obv.

Anyroadup…

The day dawned bright and quite warm and it would have been rude not to take advantage of such a lovely day. It was very much a ‘two birds, one stone’ opportunity – I needed to get out to re-recce a part of a route I’d planned for the next Tally-Ho! trail,  Joules needed to get out for a walk, I wanted to get out for a walk…..but I always want to get out for a walk. Nowt new there then.

Okay, that’s THREE birds.

We parked up at New Mills Golf Club, with the permission of Jess, the Club Steward(ess?) and headed off west, along a bit of track to join a section of Midshires Way down to Strines.

There’s a lot of ‘Ways’ around here, it’s often difficult to know which one you’re actually on.

Birds tweeted, golf balls were struck, the sun shone, and a pleasant and gentle breeze blew. It was all rather idillic.

The Roman Lakes Viaduct - and a former tea room

The R Goyt by the viaduct

A door for Rob

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 We joined the Goyt Way (probably), walking North to Roman Lakes, then turned East to climb up to the dizzy heights of Linnet Clough for a lunch stop at the Scout Camp Site – there are public footpaths going through the site. 

Our lunch stop, Linnet Clough Scout Camp Site

For Alan R

 

Freshly baked scones were consumed. All of them. They go stale if you leave them too long. Honest.

We crossed Mellor Golf Course, this was the part of the route I needed to re-recce. I decided that part of the route was a bit tame, plus the idea of 20 hairy-arsed runners charging across a well-manicured gold course may not go down too well, even if it was a public footpath. On the other hand I’ve walked and run across this golf course quite a few times and I’ve always been greeted with smiles.

 Looking north-west-ish to Manchester with Winter Hill beyond

I thought it was only doggies that behaved like this

 Looks a bit different in the light!

Heading south down a bridleway we soon rejoined the outward track which took us back to the car – which was hot, hot, hot! And my aircon had packed up.

Oh well, we drove home with the windows open and really enjoyed the cooling air.

A nice little walk, only 6 miles with 900' of ascent, but it was just what the nurse ordered.