Wednesday 18 June 2025 - A walk with SWOG from Nelson Pit

We started by a bridge over the Macclesfield Canal

What better to do on a midsummer's evening than go for a sunny stroll from Nelson Pit, near Poynton, with a group of 17 from Stockport Walking and Outdoors Group (SWOG)?

Sue was tired so stayed at home, but I returned to near where we have been quite a lot recently. In fact at points this walk encountered signs for the GM Ringway Stage 5 that we completed last week.

So for this posting I'll stick to just a few annotated photos. Anything more might just be superfluous waffle.

The path to Hilltop Farm

Heading east towards Lyme Park

I wonder what chemical turns this grass bright green

The Cage comes into view as we cross a huge freshly mown field

Kinder Scout lurks in the background

It really is a huge field above Elmerhurst Wood

Descending into Ryles Wood

Back at the Macclesfield Canal

Most of the others went to the Boars Head, but I pottered off back to Timperley.

Here's our route - 5.7km with 80 metres ascent, taking an hour and a half. A very pleasant summer's evening stroll.