MGT Sections 3, 4 and 5
Distance 16 miles
Cloudy, drizzle turning to rain
Through Moston Vale, Broadhurst Park and Boggart Hole Clough.
Then Dam Head Park, Plant Hill Park, Tweedle Common and Heaton Park. Had a stop for coffee and cake at the lakeside cafe.
Blackley Forest, Herristone Park, Crumpsall Park, Harpurhey Ponds and Queens Park
Distance
Weather: cold but dry, snow later
Got the little bus through the Saddleworth villages to Stalybridge, which was rather an uncomfortable ride but interesting to see new sides of local places. Had breakfast in Stalybridge and set off walking along the canal.
Saw woodpecker, nuthatch, dippers and a heron.
The end of the walk through Delph and Denshaw was, as expected, very wet underfoot. The Tame River continues up to the reservoir above Denshaw on the map but there is no footpath and the trail ends in the village. We followed another unnamed tributary towards Brushes Clough where it started snowing and into Shaw.
Distance
Weather: overcast
Teal, nuthatches, parakeet, little grebe, many squirrels, bullfinch, dippers.
Bench with an abandoned book on improving your chess game.
