Marsden, March Hill and Pule Hill- David and Paul
As Paul was back from New Zealand and had lent his car to Laura, we met at Marsen (for the convenience of rail travel) to start our training for September's trip. It was easiest to do a walk that we both knew well, and set out along the canal towards Standedge Tunnel and beyond. At Hay Green we took the somewhat neglected path up to Lower Green (up to Lower Green? Yes!), passing a new gate that had replaced a rather frail stile that Jacinta and I had passed back in March, just over a month ago.
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| New gate on the way up to Lower Green |
We passed a number of workmen on the March Haigh Reservoir dam- they were wiring up several sensors which should be able to provide 3-D images of the dam and any movements. Up on Standedge we had our lunch and took in the view of the Castleshaw Reservoirs before descending to the foot of Pule Hill.
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| Castleshaw Reservoirs and a clear if chilly view |
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| The ascent of Pule Hill (flattened perspective!) |
The ridge of Pule Hill is airy and gave us a great view of much of the walk that we'd done.
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| Edge ridge of Pule Hill |
From Pule Hill it was the usual steepish descent back to Marsden for the completion of a very pleasant 9½ mile walk with 440m ascent.
