*Technically not the Kinder Loop
Distance: 18 miles
Ascent: 690m
Weather: overcast, showers
Mud: very
Socks: wet
Ducks: happy
After a pleasant night at the Bulls Head in Old Glossop, it was quite dry although cloudy when we set off at about nine thirty. There was snow on the tops and the news on the local radio had talked about flooding and heavy rain after Storm Katie last night.
At about 11am we had just about made it out of town, after 4 miles walking through Glossop, Dinting Vale and Hollingworth. The Pennine Bridleway Walkers Interim route, which we've been following vaguely when it was somewhat randomly signed, led us out of a housing estate and straight into a cow field.
The path was a muddy and slow going, through cow-y fields and through a nature reserve, then through more grassy fields and a wet grassy lane, following the Tameside Trail. The path became rockier, then crossed between Higher and Lower Swineshaw Reservoirs, where we took the higher route over Slatepit Moor. It was raining quite hard here.
We descended into Carbrook, then walked above Mossley on Moor Edge Road, where there was a distinct onion flavour, and down into the valley using the Oldham Way / Pennine Bridleway path. We had lunch on a bench overlooking a farm yardy campsite, then set off quickly as the rain restarted.
Passing the sewage treatment works, we joined the canal at Greenfield to Dobcross, then the Donkey Line to Delph. It rained quite hard here too.
As we came over Hill Top Lane and down Ripponden Road, the rain stopped and it was quite sunny.
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