Well for this walk we had a full compliment of SKAR members albeit with a substitute "R". However the substitute "R" has now been out as many times as the original "R", ie once ! Good walking weather, not quite as warm as the last walk but for April not bad.
The original walk started and finished at Mow Cop, but we decided to start off in Rookery (in fact at "R" house). The route took us past the small tin Church in Rookery where we stopped for the "group photo".
It was then across the fields, where we caught a glimpse of the buzzard flying overhead, and then UP to Mow Cop ! Quite a nice view looking over towards Mow Cop but all I was thinking "oh my poor little legs have got to get me up there".
Firstly we came to a rocky area, where we stopped for a few minutes, and then it was off again up to Mow Cop castle.
We stopped at the Castle to have our photos taken and then headed off around the Old Man of Mow.
Great views over Cheshire.
We even caught sight of Jodrell Bank. I love the way the wind had battered this tree.
What goes up must come down so we made our descent through the woods and under the railway line. We then spotted a red phone box - in need of a touch of paint !
It was then a leisurely walk along the canal, stopping off at the Rising Sun for a well earned cheese baguette and chips. We then continued along the canal taking a small detour to look at the Hall Green Lock which has only a 6" drop.
It was then on through the fields and a small wooden area and back into the Rookery.
Some dispute on miles covered. Runkeeper recorded mine as 6.65 miles and Andy's GPS recorded 8.2 miles. However far it was I survived walking up to Mow Cop and back.
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