B Walk - Chipping with Stuart & Judith
6½ miles (10.5km) with 800ft (244m) Total Ascent
Meet at Main Car Park (Sat Nav PR3 2GN), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
The walk will start from the car park in the centre of Chipping and walk up the road past the old chair works to the duck pond. Depending on the conditions underfoot the leader will decide whether to cross the fields to Peacock hey farm or to stay on the road past Wolfen hall. Further on a decision will be made whether to go up to Saddle end farm and on to Burnslack or whether to stay on the road a little longer. At high barn we will then itake the track which leads to Lickhurst farm.
Here we will decide whether to carry on to Dinkling Green farm or whether to stick to the road. We will then start our return via the Greystoneleys, Knot barn round Knot Hill back towards Leagram Hall and down into Chipping.
C Walk - Edgworth with BobTognarelli
5¼ miles (8.4km) with 250ft (76m) Total Ascent
Meet at “The Barlow Institute Building”, Parking on public car park behind building next to the cricket ground. (Sat Nav: BL7 0AP Map ref: GR742166), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
We make our way to the dam at Wayoh Reservoir and cross to the far side where we have a steady climb through woodland to reach Bartridge Barn car park. then through fields where we join the path heading towards Clough House Farm.
We are now on the Witton Weavers Way with beautiful views across the valley of Edgworth and Bradshaw Brook proceeding towards Turton Tower where we can take time to visit. We then approach edge of Jumbles Reservoir where we turn left heading for Turton Bottoms, winding through field paths back to Edgworth and welcome refreshments.
The last time we walked this route it was in August, this time it´s November so better rap up well.