Gawsworth Hall and North Rode

Sunday 21 June 6.5 Miles
Carol, Hilary + Jane

We parked by the Harrington Arms, there were already a couple of cars parked there.

We walked up the road, I like the way the trees come over the road making a natural bridge above our heads. We passed the church where a wedding was going on and Gawsworth Hall. We then went out across the fields to the railway line.

We had lunch by the canal, a quiet spot, the sun came out.

Walking through the parkland we passed by the end of the lake, the Manor House looked impressive in the sunshine with the lake in front..

A group of walkers were going along the same path as us, we let them go through one gate first as they were walking a bit faster than us. We met them again at the church where they had stopped to have lunch, they had asked permission to sit in the churchyard and eat lunch. We found out that they had travelled from Trafford. 

North Rode Church is very pretty inside, there was lady there talking about open gardens to raise funds for the church.

There were quite a few people fishing in the pools.

There were lots of cars parked when we got back to the pub, and the group of walkers we had seen earlier were sitting outside the pub having a drink.

There was a car event going on at Gawsworth Hall, Hilary asked if we could go to the cafe for tea and cake, which we did.

Cheshire Three Peaks

Sunday 7 June 13.75 miles
Jane and Hilary

The Francis House walk started at Tegg's Nose went around to Shutlingsloe, then to the Cat and Fiddle for a bacon butty and on to Shining Tor, then down into the valley and across the fields to return to Tegg's Nose car park and the finish line!