Manchester Weekend Walkers lead public transport walks into fantastic countryside all year round.
Train-based walk
Leader: David B
Transport to Walk Start: 09:33 train from Manchester Piccadilly (final destination Hadfield).
Meet Point: Meet at Manchester Piccadilly train station near the ticket barriers or on the platform. Alternatively, meet on the train or at the walk start at Hadfield station. Drivers are advised to park at Glossop and join us on the train at 10:05.
Suggested Ticket: Off Peak Day Return to Hadfield £7.90.
Walk Start: Hadfield Railway Station at 10:15.
Waypoints: Bottoms Reservoir, Tintwistle Low Moor, Lads Leap, Featherbed Moss, Crowden, Deep Clough, Mouselow.
Return Services: From Glossop: x:22 & x:52 until 22:22, then last train at 22:53.
Extra: No toilets at walk start that are large enough for a big group, so please use those on the train. No toilets en route. Optional refreshments at a Glossop pub at the end of the walk.
A mixed walk starting in the valley and finishing with a valley walk, with a challenging upland section in between around the hills and moors overlooking Longdendale and Glossopdale. We will hear, if not see, a lot of birds, mainly of the ground nesting variety. There are also quite a lot of Raptors including recently a Peregrine Falcon.
If the weather is wet in the lead up to the walk, gaiters maybe advisable. There are some boggy sections and areas where the RSPB have been doing some great conservation work in terms of re-wetting the moors. There will also be a short section off path over rough, lumpy grass - strictly speaking there is a path here, however it is rather vague on the ground these days.
Finally, there is a steep rocky decent off the moor before we get onto easier paths on our way through the valley to Glossop.
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