When it works. I find it randomly refuses to render the 1:50000 or 1:25000 map until I have switched it off and on a few times, or sometimes it won't work at all and I have to resort to the old fashioned paper map.OS map app is good ...
When it works. I find it randomly refuses to render the 1:50000 or 1:25000 map until I have switched it off and on a few times, or sometimes it won't work at all and I have to resort to the old fashioned paper map.OS map app is good ...
Walked a section of the Bridgewater Canal on Sunday, between Altrincham and Cornbrook. Then travelled back on the tram. A steady pleasant perambulation, though the access/egress at Cornbrook is now fenced off. Therefore I had to continue further towards Deansgate to exit the towpath. This information is outlined on the Mid Cheshire Rail Partnership website. Don't forget to visit the Walton Perk café narrow boat near Sale.
Yes, the bridge is the one near to Cornbrook tram stop. That should be the access / egress point for the towpath. If heading towards the city centre continue along the towpath, go under the tram / railway bridges, continue under the next road bridge (Hulme Hall Road) and double back up the access path to the road. Alternatively, you continue along the towpath towards Deansgate.I was wondering that when looking at the map as there seems to be steps leading to that bridge. Useful knowledge for a potential future trip for some walking in that general area
Yes, there is and it's quite easy to follow on the ground. I've done it twice. A good walk is from Ribblehead to Dent over the tunnel, down through woods past the northern portal to Dent Head farm and then north along the lane, then turn right up the track under Arten Gill viaduct. At the top of this you will find a signpost with 3 or 4 pointers, can't recall exactly. Follow the superb grassy contour path along the side of Dent Fell/Great Knoutberry until you reach the junction with the lane that continues to Garsdale (Galloway Gate). Fine views of the railway from this path. From this junction you can either go downhill to Dent station (which has been in sight for a while) or on to Garsdale. The advantage is that you avoid the crippling climb up to Dent station from Lea Yeat on the other side of the station, which is the great drawback of any walk approaching from that side.Does anyone happen to know if there's a footpath over the top of Blea Moor tunnel? I have a vague recollection of walking over the top about 25 years ago and going past the air vents, but my OS map doesn't seem to show a path (unless the markings for the path are lost amongst the railway markings and my eyes can't discern them)
Yes, there is and it's quite easy to follow on the ground. I've done it twice. A good walk is from Ribblehead to Dent over the tunnel, down through woods past the northern portal to Dent Head farm and then north along the lane, then turn right up the track under Arten Gill viaduct. At the top of this you will find a signpost with 3 or 4 pointers, can't recall exactly. Follow the superb grassy contour path along the side of Dent Fell/Great Knoutberry until you reach the junction with the lane that continues to Garsdale (Galloway Gate). Fine views of the railway from this path. From this junction you can either go downhill to Dent station (which has been in sight for a while) or on to Garsdale. The advantage is that you avoid the crippling climb up to Dent station from Lea Yeat on the other side of the station, which is the great drawback of any walk approaching from that side.
It’s the green dashes following the line of the tunnel on the OS 1:25000, as seen here via Bing maps:Does anyone happen to know if there's a footpath over the top of Blea Moor tunnel? I have a vague recollection of walking over the top about 25 years ago and going past the air vents, but my OS map doesn't seem to show a path (unless the markings for the path are lost amongst the railway markings and my eyes can't discern them)
It’s the green dashes following the line of the tunnel on the OS 1:25000, as seen here via Bing maps:
As a matter of interest, how can you walk round Sellafield? Are there paths that go all the way around it; of if the tide is low, can you walk on the shore?My Northern Comp tickets are stacking up, so I decided to do some more of the Cumbria Coastal Way today. I walked just over 15 miles from Sellafield to Whitehaven (I then had time to go to Parton too but I didn’t record the distance for that). There’s a good two or three miles where you’re right beside the track, so if there’s ever any interesting workings, you can get some nice shots of the trains.
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As a matter of interest, how can you walk round Sellafield? Are there paths that go all the way around it; of if the tide is low, can you walk on the shore?
If you are so inclined, you can kayak down the River Calder through the middle of the site:As a matter of interest, how can you walk round Sellafield? Are there paths that go all the way around it; of if the tide is low, can you walk on the shore?
Thanks @_toommm_ , that was a ridiculously quick comprehensive reply!
That looks stunning!My Northern Comp tickets are stacking up, so I decided to do some more of the Cumbria Coastal Way today. I walked just over 15 miles from Sellafield to Whitehaven (I then had time to go to Parton too but I didn’t record the distance for that). There’s a good two or three miles where you’re right beside the track, so if there’s ever any interesting workings, you can get some nice shots of the trains.
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That looks stunning!
I managed it a week or so ago after some email correspondence with them. Apparently it should be set up by the local group for whom you volunteer rather than doing it yourself, but that wasn't what my group told me and it isn't clear on the web site!Has anyone else tried to register as a leader for the Ramblers? It ls now a precondition before you can lead a walk that you are registered with them and fill in a risk assessment form. I had a go at registering this morning but found the website so baffling that I gave up. But then I find technology bewildering and intimidating anyway and try to avoid using it (no smartphone and no online shopping, banking, or booking, for example), since in many cases I simply don't understand what it is these sites expect me to do. Walking appeals to me as a pursuit that requires no technology whatever, and it's a pity if it too has to be polluted by tech. Fortunately I'm only down to lead one walk next year, so I can opt out of that, show someone else the route and let him lead it on the day, and avoid putting my name down as a walk leader ever again.
I'm in two walking clubs, one the local branch of the Ramblers, the other an independent club (ex-CHA but affiliated to the RA). For much of the year they walk on alternate Sundays, though the RA habit of not walking on the Sunday before a Bank Holiday throws us out of synch for part of the year (New Year to Easter, next year). The non-Ramblers club is certainly much less bureaucratic and better value at only £5 a year sub, plus £10 initial joining fee, compared with the RA , which has just taken a direct debit for £36.60. I know you get the Walk magazine but there's a limit to the number of reviews of new anoraks and rucksacks that I want to read.I managed it a week or so ago after some email correspondence with them. Apparently it should be set up by the local group for whom you volunteer rather than doing it yourself, but that wasn't what my group told me and it isn't clear on the web site!
Ramblers head office seem to have gone very officious and like you I may not bother to lead. Having to do risk assessments is another issue - I have enough of that at work.
One of my local groups register each walk using the Ramblers App so that they have the data and it goes to head office. The others refuse and make a paper list to be destroyed after 21 days.
There are mutterings in one local group that they might just become a walking club and save the RA subscriptions.
Congrats that's one long walk.I walked from Stratford to Hertford East today along the Lee Navigation towpath - a shade over marathon distance. A Class 379 took me back into London, just before they're finally withdrawn from GA.
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Thank you. The towpath was largely fine with only one short section, between Broxbourne and the Stort confluence, more muddy than not. I did it in walking shoes and they came up clean with a simple wipe down.Congrats that's one long walk.
What was the towpath quality like?
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Has anybody done the Grand Union from Hayes towards Brentford, if so what's the path quality like? (Muddy towpaths are not fun, especially with the extra risk of making a splash if not careful)