tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post669678231585854592..comments2024-03-26T21:10:39.866+00:00Comments on Postcard from Timperley: Lockdown 2021, and it soon gets to March...Phreerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-60494586698537531822021-03-07T15:01:42.762+00:002021-03-07T15:01:42.762+00:00That's interesting, Geoff, you've avoided ...That's interesting, Geoff, you've avoided the need to walk down Lindsell Road. But at the expense of vegetation that will soon be like a jungle!<br />We approached the A56 bridge from the other side, and we decided to return to the next bridge where you can get back onto the railway for a short section to the canal.Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-23810423325125300462021-03-07T14:42:37.929+00:002021-03-07T14:42:37.929+00:00FYI: for interest we investigated today: we follow...FYI: for interest we investigated today: we followed the track eastwards to the A56, and at the end right by the bridge, there is an exit on the left down an earthy bank to a gap in the fence onto the pavement.<br />In the last section the track becomes a bit more scrappy and overgrown but presents no problems.<br />GeoffChttps://v-g.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-54435729712999126142021-03-03T12:36:41.290+00:002021-03-03T12:36:41.290+00:00Yes Conrad, and I've enjoyed following your ow...Yes Conrad, and I've enjoyed following your own local rambles...Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-42340210499686407792021-03-03T09:44:50.193+00:002021-03-03T09:44:50.193+00:00It is easy to take our own surroundings for grante...It is easy to take our own surroundings for granted especially when we have lived there for a long time but this is a splendid selection of photos. As I said in a recent post I also am restricted to my own area with Lockdown and have taken to looking at things much more closely and unearthing things I have missed over the last twenty years.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-21377300678078794092021-03-03T08:41:45.679+00:002021-03-03T08:41:45.679+00:00Geoff, it's a shame they have blocked off the ...Geoff, it's a shame they have blocked off the old railway line where it goes over the A56, as you used to be able to walk along it as far as the canal. Now you continue past Waitrose (before which there's a left turn opposite the one to Dairyhouse Lane, which takes you into the 'wilderness' area at the end of the Stamford Brook estate, and a nice route to de Quincey park) and you soon cross a path that runs from Turnbull Road to Sinderland Road - past the school. Continuing along the railway line, you come to another path leading from a ginnel on the left from Turnbull Road. Here you turn right down a ginnel that brings you on to Lindsell Road. Walk down that road to the A56, turn right, cross the road, and turn first left down Hartington Road, past some new houses on the left. At the end of the road, take the left bank of the Recreation Ground to reach the canal by a choice of paths, with the new 'plantation' on your right and the pond to your left or right, depending on which route you take.<br />I hope that helps.<br />MPhreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-35892762057850322412021-03-03T07:38:52.278+00:002021-03-03T07:38:52.278+00:00Good selection of photos there, though I've ne...Good selection of photos there, though I've never seen the western section of the BW canal path as muddy as that.<br /><br />A queston about the rail line: we've investigated it from Brookheys Farm in the west as far east as just beyond Waitrose. We know there is an exit directly to Dairyhouse Lane just before Waitrose and an exit to Sinderland Road by the primary school just after. Since you can't exit at the A56, how far eastwards can you walk the track and find an exit?.<br />GeoffChttps://v-g.me.uk/noreply@blogger.com