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.

Gawsworth Hall and North Rode

Saturday 13 October 6.5 miles
Hilary, Carol, Tracey, Jane

A cloudy grey day (atmospheric! as Carol put it). The cloud was so low that it was quite damp at times with a little rain in the air.

This is a fairly flat walk - typical of the Cheshire Plain. We passed an Elizabethan Hall, countryside, views of the Peak District in the distance, we followed part of a railway line and walked along a little of the Macclesfield Canal.

We had a snack at the canal lock as there was a green area where we could sit, before we joined the road again.

We went off the path and visited North Rode's Victorian Church, the church yard had some interesting grave stones and the cows in the field behind the church were cute. Had a snack on the steps of the church.

We passed some small lakes where people were fishing, a new area was being dug out so they were presumably making a new lake.

We went into the Harrington Arms for a cup of tea, it was a funny pub, they seemed to be in the process of doing it up, so the rooms had some work that needed doing to it.