David and Jacinta's Walks- 2023

Chinley, South Head and Brown Knoll (Jacinta) I ventured out to Chinley on Friday as the forecast was good. Stopping for a coffee at the Café on the Green, I was delighted to see that they were still using some of the Denby that David and I donated a couple of years ago. Green Denby rehomed and reused! We are, apparently, known as Mr & Mrs Denby because of these donations. There was hardly anyone around as I made my way up to the Cracken Edge and beyond, down to Peep O' Day. It was the same during the next section of the walk up to South Head, where I stopped to have some lunch and watch the sheep. I decided to walk up to Brown Knoll which was very pleasant, lots of birdsong and waving grasses- and it was worth the effort and the extra 1½ miles. Brown Knoll trig point with Suffragette ribbon I went back the usual way- the best sight was an old grey dog out for a walk on his own. The farmer that I met said that he lived up near his farm, and was often to be found having a little...

  Chinley and Mount Famine New Year's Day- and after a wet and windy start in Stockport (and some indecision about where to go today) we decided to reprise the first walk of 2022 and go to that ever-faithful place- Chinley. It was dry and not too cold as we made our way up to Cracken Edge. On the way up to Cracken Edge from Chinley We marvelled, as ever, at the extent of the quarrying that went on in the heyday of gritstone production. Quarries on Cracken Edge- from below And from the top of Chinley Churn We went up Mount Famine and took this year's photo of Jacinta on the rock promontory, immortalised in a snowy picture taken a few years ago. Annual picture of Jacinta on Mount Famine's promontory. South Head in background David went up South Head out of principle while Jacinta sensibly ambled around the bottom where we met and had our lunch. We returned the usual way- accompanied by a bit more blustery wind than earlier, passing lots of sheep. They always look at us expect...