David and Jacinta's Walks- 2023

Marsden and Standedge A slightly truncated walk by David on his own and no photos, for some reason. I covered a fair bit of familiar ground, one way or another, including passing an air shaft for the Standage Tunnel that I'd last seen that back in 1969, while I was walking the Pennine Way and we'd been marooned at Peter's Pennine Way Café by the Standedge Tunnel. It's funny how one's memory plays tricks- I was sure that this shaft was directly southeast of the cutting! 9.3 miles, 500m ascent, a tad under four hours.

  Delph, Castleshaw and Standedge A day out for David, meeting up with friend Steve, who he'd not seen for a few years. We met at the Castleshaw Centre car park, just by the two Castleshaw reservoirs and below Standedge and the site of Peter's Pennine Way Café at Brun Clough Reservoir. The walk got going with a reversal of a section that Jacinta and I often do from Marsen and up past March Haigh Reservoir. We stopped for a photo op at the trig point between Millstone Edge and the Dinner Stone. Steve at the Millstone Edge trig point ...and David at the Millstone Edge trig point. Pule Hill in the background We left the Pennine Way, following the Oldham Way where the two diverge. After the open country, we skirted Denshaw and Wham Farm, passed through Delph and had a tea at a horsebox café before getting back to the cars. As you can see from the photos, the weather was beautifully clear for a walk of 8½ miles with ascent of 320m.