Route: leaving the car parked on the side of the road near the
Hollingworth & Vose factory and running through the factory yard to take the green valley bottom path towards Kentmere Hall but at a crossroads in the woods near the end, bending slightly left to rise to reach the return path, climbing slowly onto the moors. At the crossroads of paths at a stream crossing, continuing straight on the alluvial soil path (passing bikers, runners and a family out walking with children, dogs and Mary, the 5-month old family cat) to reach a gravel track. Taking the first left but ignoring the second to continue to a footpath descending across fields. Just before Browfoot, taking a permissive path that leads round the farm to join the riverside track to its west. Along past Crofthead and Sawmill Cottage to reach the Hollingworth & Vose factory again and the car.
Conditions: a bright sunny cloudless day.
Pub? On the first week of the second Covid-19 lockdown, a delicious shared bottle of ‘What was and will be’ Brewing’s Patterns Seem to Form in The Summerhouse.
