Photographs - A long walk home
68Midsummer 2010
This was my 22.7 mile walk home last midsummers day. It was a lovely day and I had a lovely walk. Setting off at 9am and arriving home just after 7pm. The pictures are almost in order but not quite. I will work on them as and when I can to get them in the correct order. My hub - The Long Walk home continued will appear soon. In the meantime, please enjoy the photographs.
The journey actually started at Macclesfield bus station, from there I headed to the football ground along Mill street, then Mill Lane, Cross Street and London Road. I met one of my witnesses at the football ground then we headed for the canal. The Macclesfield Canal towpath at the rear of Homebase on the Lyme Green Business Park. We turned right onto the towpath and walked along the canal with another witness and her young dog Lulu.
We walked along the Macclesfield Canal towpath towards an area locally known as Fools Nook. From there we headed to Bosley Locks and on to Bosley Cloud getting off the canal at bridge number 57 (I remember this because it reminded me of Heinz 57 (don't ask??).
The Journey begins on 'The Mackie'
Fools Nook
At Oak Grove swing bridge 49 on the Macclesfield Canal. Plenty of casual moorings south of the bridge.
Towards Fools Nook
Bosley Locks - Bosley Flight
Bosley Flight - the only flight of locks on the Macclesfield canal, are unusual for a narrow canal in having mitre gates at both ends, rather than the usual arrangement of a single top gate.
Approach to Bosley Locks
Some of the Bridges on The Mackie
The Macclesfield Canal is renowned for its elegant roving bridges, locally known as Snake Bridges.
Roving bridges enabled the horse that were pulling the narrowboats to cross the bridge when the tow path changed to the opposite side of the canal.
Typical bridge is opposite - Bridge 29.
Some of the bridges along the way
The Knot Inn, Rushton Spencer
The Knot Inn dates back to the 19th century. It was previously known as The Station Inn and stands
just off the A52 in the village of Rushton Spencer, between
Macclesfield and Leek in close proximity to a disused branch
railway line and station house.
Heading towards The Knot Inn at Rushton
Rudyard Lake
This was where we turned left to crossed what was a cornfield. On the other side of the field is a wood treatment plant and the foot of the hill that we had to walk up to reach the lane at the foot of Bosley Cloud. We turn left down the lane, pass a couple of farms and then turn right down another country lane. Eventually we arrive at the sign posts indicating which way to go to reach the Knott Inn. We have lunch at the Knott Inn and one of my witnesses swaps places with his wife who will take me to the end of the trek. My second witness and her dog will continue until Rudyard Railway Station. After lunch we hit the trail again. This time heading for the footpath that skirts Rudyard Lake. It is a beautiful day and the Lake looks fantastic.
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Thanks saleheensblog, I will be adding the info as you suggest. I'm still trying to work out which bit of the walk each photograph belongs to. I think I'm about two thirds of the way through the walk and still have some photographs to add both at the end and within the photographs already posted. I decided to publish it even though it wasn't finished because I think people will enjoy the pictures anyway. I haven't been using my camera for that long and I am quite proud of my results. I have split it into area titles to try to help me get them into some order. Keep checking back to see if I have managed to sort it all out. Thanks for your comments.
This was a wonderful journey. My daughter lives in Leamington Spa and this just makes me miss being there with her so much. Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for a lovely walk! Beautiful pictures!
France Travel Inf - it was a wonderful walk. Your daughter lives in a lovely part of the UK as well - This Green and pleasant land. Please drop in again to see the rest of the walk. I will try to add a few more photographs every day until the finish. I thought the walk took a while but the documentation of it is taking far longer...
MartieCoester, lovely to see you here again. Please pop in again to see the rest of the walk.
Very nice pictures.I especially like the ones with closer up views.
Hi dahoglund - closer up views - I just discovered the zoom in my digital camera, it's a real learning curve. Some of them were actually because I was actually closer. I am trying to research some of the areas in the photographs to add some factual information as well so it might take a while to complete this hub. Thanks for dropping by.
What a scenic route to walk! Absolutely gorgeous and I love the barges! Thanks for sharing!!!
It is the most beautiful walk I have done so far. Some people call them barges others call them narrowboats. Glad you like them. I will be adding the rest of the walk very soon...
Great photos Leni. Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you, Marlin 55 and welcome to my hubs
Leni, I intended to retire onto a narrow boat. Ill health put paid to that idea. Your hubs are breaking my heart! Keep it up :-)
I apologise for breaking your heart, sorry to hear that ill health ended your dream. I have friends that live on a narrowboat and another friend who owns a small 40 foot barge. I love going out on the boats on the canal and taking long walks with my camera - check out my hubs on the Cauldon Canal. Thanks for your comment, John Holden, keep checking back for the rest of the journey. Take care, Leni.
Thank you for bringing a piece of your journey to my eyes. :) Very beautiful!
You are most welcome SentMe. Thank you for your comment.
Stunning pictures! Thank you for taking me on this amazing tip. Enjoyed it so very much.
Thank you, vocalcoach, for tagging along, the journey is not yet over, please drop in again to finish the walk with me - you could give me some singing lessons along the way.
So beautiful! Makes me want to jump in a car and head to Macclesfield right now! :)
and then Rushton, Rudyard, Denford...Literature Fairy - and you'd love every minute of it. Thanks for joining me on my long walk home.
Really lovely walk
Thank you Shirley.
What a beautiful country side. Thanks for taking me along. Loved every minute of it.
Kindest regards Zsuzsy
You are very well, Zsuzsy Bee. I will of course have many more walks to share - particularly over the next few months because they are reopening the steam railway near us - 75 years after it closed. My camera cannot wait! Hope to see you again soon.
I enjoyed taking this journey with you very much. Thank you for sharing your lovely photographs. Happy trails!
Thank you Jame A Watkins, it was a lovely walk thank you for joining me.
...well believe me you should take the long walk home more often - lol lol - because these pictures are absolutely amazing - and take me far far away to another time and place! I have a homework assignment for you - my friend's name here at the Hub is the Fossillady - please check out her photography - like yours it's world class all the way - I will send her your way - so that the two of you can meet and perhaps compare notes!
In closing thanks for being in my life here at the HUB and keep thinking good thoughts!~
Hello leni, I already follow you, but haven't seen anything from you for a while. I get a kick out of Epiman playing the hub match maker. Loved this hub. We don't have anything like these canals that I know of in US. It seems old world. Great Job showing us the countryside!
Thank you epigramman and Fossillady for your kind words. I have been editing a crime writers book prior to publishing so haven't had much time to do any of my own writing since Christmas - hope to be back in the fold soon. I am a little perturbed at present because I put some questions on last night received two answers and couldn't read them because for some reason hubpages closed them saying they were to promotional. I did put a link in to the Country Music Creetown festival we have here in UK in Scotland to give an example of what I was looking for but I didn't think it was promotional. hey ho!!
What great pictures. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for joining me on my walk. I will be walking again on Midsummers day (24th June) - raising money for Oxfam so please keep an eye on my hubs, more photo's to come.
Found this long after you posted it.
But thanks - very nice experience - following along with all you viewed on your walk.
K J Setter it was nice of you to join us - better late than never. Will probably doing another walk soon, so my camera will be very ready. These walks are done to raise money for charity.
saleheensblog 19 months ago
good job my friend, nice work. Add caption with every photo so that people can find these in google search, it will optimize the photos in search engine.