Distance 18 miles
Ascent 525m
Weather very, very warm and sunny
Today was the hottest early May bank holiday on record. Records began in 1970s so it's not a long standing one, but still, it was hot. We made our way down through Golcar to meet the Huddersfield Canal, which took us though Linthwaite, Slaithwaite (where we stopped for food and ice creams) and Marsden to the end of the Standedge Tunnel. The canal was very popular, especially at the visitor centre, where we took advantage of the picnic tables and facilities. There were a lot of people enjoying the water at the nature reserve and even more enjoying the rocky stream up by Close Gate Bridge. There weren't quite so many people up on the Pack Horse Road, and half of them looked distinctly unhappy (possibly because Mum and Dad had dragged them away from sunbathing by the stream) - the happier looking people were much laden down with picnic.
We walked along the Pennine Way towards Castleshaw and then followed the Oldham Way passed T'Heights, down into Delph and up over Badger Lane to the Roebuck and home along the lane, calling in at the Co-Op for beer and crisps.
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