Stage 9 Dobcross to Shaw
Distance 18 miles
Warm and humid
Insect bites: many
Kestrels, lapwings, swifts, swallows, chiff chaff, willow warbler, skylarks and more kestrels
We set off from home to join up with the GM Ringway in Dobcross, calling in at Albion Farm Shop and Cafe on the way for a gupping fry up. It drizzled slightly as we were eating but not heavily enough to make us want to leave the terrace and go inside.
Dobcross is very pretty but hilly and it was a steady up through the village and out on to Lark Hill. The track leads along the hilltop and then up on to Standedge and along the ridge above Castleshaw on the Pennine Way and Oldham Way.
The route follows the Pennine Bridleway and pavements through Denshaw and up to Brushes Clough where it wiggles around and comes out on the path to Newhey above Julbilee Nature Reserve. We dropped down here and walked through Dunwood Park back into Shaw and then home.
It was a great walk, however most of these paths we know very well indeed so it was too easy to just switch off and not properly appreciate the scenery and landscape.
No comments:
Post a Comment