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Saturday walk 16 November 2024 starting 9am.
For those hoping to walk from Melandra to Brough, I have had to cancel this as buses cannot use the Snake. Instead I will lead a 12 mile walk up Alport Dale onto Bleaklow returning down Oyster Clough.
Starting point at 9am is Alport Bridge SK141895 on the Snake, immediately after the first temporary traffic lights. Parking is LIMITED so I suggest car sharing where possible. I plan to be at the lay-by SK185863 just beyond the Fairholmes turn off at 8.40am and will take as many as I can up the road. This large lay-by is on the north side and usually has a tea van there.
Please get in touch if you need more info or a lift. DavidReminder that I am leading a walk this Saturday up Alport Dale onto Bleaklow returning via Oyster Clough. Distance approximately 12 miles. See my earlier message for full details. David
Reminder that I am leading a walk this Saturday up Alport Dale onto Bleaklow returning via Oyster Clough. Distance approximately 12 miles. See my earlier message for full details. David
Meet report. A great walk from Alport Bridge on the A57 Snake Pass up Bleaklow’s “finest and wildest glen.” Passing the historic Alport hamlet and Britain’s largest landslip we made steady progress beside the River Alport until the vague track petered out. Striking steeply up hill we located the small path that took us above the now steeply sided valley to Grains in the Water. This is the point where several small tributaries (grains) convege on open moorland. While we were lunching here low cloud rolled in so we abandoned plans to walk to Alport Head and Bleaklow Hill, instead heading south east for Over Wood Moss. Sometimes following faint sheep tracks, sometimes on rough moor we traversed Alport Moor and into the top of Oyster Clough with dramatic views of the waterfalls in Alport Dale on the way. Oyster Clough Cabin provided a welcome break and much laughter. The route was now much easier – down the Clough to pick up the line of the Roman road which took us back to our starting point. A great exploring day away from sizable or any paths. We saw no one from Alport hamlet back to the Snake. Some said that we had a whale of a day!
Photos to follow. David
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