The latest in our series of walks preparing Sarah, Neil and Nicholl for their St Cuthbert’s Way walking tour took us up and over Disley Hill. Having cycled to Knutsford in the morning, we now met again later in the afternoon at Disley Rail Station. The weather continued to look foreboding, but this time we were wrapped up and prepared. Leaving the car park we immediately joined the North Cheshire Way. It begins (or finishes) at Disley station. The first…
This Rowarth walk continued the preparations Sarah, Neil and Nicholl have been making for their St Cuthbert’s Way walking tour. It was a cool evening when we met just outside Rowarth. We set off down Hollinsmoor Road towards The Little Mill Inn. Then turned into Brookside. At the end of the lane, we picked up a path that took us up towards the end of Rowarth village. At Chapel Street, we picked up a path on the right that followed…
With Sarah, Neil and Nicholl continuing to prepare for their St Cuthbert’s Way walk, after coming home from the Stalybridge cycle ride, we all met up for this little Errwood Hall walk. Errwood Hall was once a magnificent country house that enjoyed some wonderful views over the picturesque Goyt Valley. Sadly, it is now just ruins. We met at Errwood Hall car-park, then set off up the hill towards the hall. Errwood Hall was built in the mid-1800s by the wealthy…
Later in the afternoon, following our Marton Revisited cycle ride, Sarah and I along with our friends Neil and Nicholl went for a walk up to White Nancy. This is all part of the preparation training for the upcoming St Cuthbert’s Way walk. We met at Bollington Recreation Ground. Our walk began with a stroll alongside the River Dean running through the park grounds. After leaving the park, we briefly made our way along Palmerston Street before, at the cenotaph,…
This St Cuthbert’s Way Itinerary outlines a 62-mile long-distance walking route which Sarah, Neil and Nicholl will be walking in summer 2021. It is one of the most beautiful, varied and enjoyable routes in Britain, and one of Scotland’s Great Trails. This cross-border route spans the national border between Scotland and England, linking Melrose in the Scottish Borders, where St. Cuthbert started his religious life in 650AD, with Holy Island off the Northumberland Coast, his eventual resting place and his original…
