Richard has planned a country walk in the Derbyshire Peaks - a circular route starting from the Edale railway station with the opportunity of a pub stop in lovely Edale. If people would prefer, we can either go for a pub lunch there or take our own sarnies and pick our view to eat by. As long as we get the to the pub a some point, right?
Don't worry, we aren't looking at anything challenging and can be flexible about how far we walk once we are there - there's more than one route we can use.
This walk will be a return to the Peaks – this time in the area of scenic Hathersage. (That’s scenic in the traditional sense). The forecast is dry with sunny bits, so unfortunately without all the rain we had last time we won’t have the same excuse to gorge ourselves on pub-food all afternoon next to a roaring fire!
The meeting time is 10.20 (later than last time) - again at the arrivals and departures sign at Piccadilly train station. Depending on numbers we could go by car – please let us know in advance if you are planning to come by car and willing to drive.
Trains back are frequent enough not to worry about.
The next walk will be in Hebden Bridge. The walk will be approximately 7 miles. We will stop for a pub meal either during or after the walk
We will meet at 10:00am at VICTORIA train station outside the cafe by the vending machines. We will be getting the 10:15 train. As usual, if there are enough cars and willing drivers, we will go by car. The return trains will get us back to Manchester at either 17:38 or 18:38.Please bring sensible footwear, a waterproof jacket and picnic food to nibble on the way.
Our next walk will be in Buxton. The walk will be approximately 6-7 miles. We will stop for a pub meal either during or after the walk.
Please bring sensible footwear, a waterproof jacket and picnic food to nibble on the way.
We will meet at 9.45am at Piccadilly Station in the hall by the tv screens. There is a train departing every hour so we will be getting the 9.56 train. The train journey takes one hour. The return trains will get us back to Manchester at either 17:25 or 18:25. As usual, if there are enough cars and willing drivers, we can go by car.
The next walk will be in the area around Todmorden.
We will meet at 9:45am at VICTORIA train station outside the cafe by the vending machines and catch the 10:09 train. The return trains will get us back at around 5:00 or 6:00 pm.
If there are enough drivers we could go by car. Please let us know in advance if you are planning to come by car and willing to drive. We may change the walk in this case to go somewhere we can't by train.
The next walk will be in Macclesfield.
We will meet at 9:15am at PICADILLY train station behind the depature board and catch the 09:30 train. The return trains will get us back at around 4:30 or 5:00 pm.
We will be doing a shorter walk this time because days are shorter now but also to have a Xmas lunch. To get us in the festive mood please bring something appropriate like mulled wine or mince pies for the walk. Also, novelty head gear (Santa hat, reindeer antlers etc) is mandatory!
We will meet at 9:00am by the main entrance at OXFORD ROAD train station and catch the 09:21 train.