New Mills

 New Mills

 July 31st, 2024.

NEW MILLS LEISURE CENTRE, TORRS RIVERSIDE PARK, PEAK FOREST CANAL, GREENSHALL LANE, CORKS LANE, LONG LANE, GREEN LANE, LYME PARK, DISLEY, GOYT VALLEY WAY

Distance: 9.68 miles.

Difficulty: Moderate.

Weather: Mainly dry, very warm/hot

Walkers: Peter Beal Alistair Cairns Mike Cassini, Chris Owens, Dean Taylor and Tommy 

Alternative walker: Jock Rooney with Milly.

Apologies: Andy Blease (Anglesey) Tom Cunliffe(Hospital appointment) Mark Enright (W##king)  Alan Hart (Funeral) Simon Williams(Taxi Duties) Cliff Worthington (?)

 Leader: Cassini. Diarist: Cassini

Starting point: New Mills Leisure Centre, Hyde Bank Road, New Mills (SK22 4BP)

Starting time: 9.39am. Finishing time: 2.15pm.#

                                                          

                                                                            

 Last time this walk took place was on the last day of February when woolly hats were the order of the day so it was a big contrast with possibly the hottest day of the year. 

It was also the welcome return from an extended absence of Tommy who brought Dean with him to buy a birthday round in the Dandy Cock.

 

Starting at New Mills Leisure Centre, we descended steps from the car-park, turned right through the road tunnel emerging into the Torrs Riverside Park, where shortly we came across the small hydro-electric community scheme.

 The Torrs

Carrying on through the Torrs under the Leat, we turned right towards the Peak Forest Canal, noting how low the river Goyt was after just a few rain-free days.

 We passed New Mills Marina carrying on to where work on the canal path would mean a detour through the new housing estate. However our route took us up along Greenshall Lane towards a right turn onto Corks Lane past the Girl Guides outdoor pursuits centre coming out at Buxton Old Road.

We crossed the road after 400 yards taking a bridle path onto Long Lane and Green Lane where Pietime was taken just before coming into Lyme Park.  We met, at this point, Jock and Milly arranging our rendezvous at the Dandy Cock.

Shortly after and into Lyme Park through the East Lodge gate.

 We avoided the path up and down to the Cage and walked directly to it, then to the entrance booth and up Red Lane into Disley village and the Dandy Cock, where Dean bought his birthday round. We declined to take advantage of the exciting new beer garden as we had forgotten to bring breathing apparatus.

View towards Disley

 

After Unicorn and Dizzy Blondes, we left the pub and went via Hollinwood Road along the south side of the canal until going over a railway bridge through woods along Waterside onto the Goyt river path,  towards the Millennium bridge, through Mouseley Bottom. 

Next Week meet at Sutton Hall for a 9:40 departure towards Alan’s favourite pub the Harrington Arms, Gawsworth where tired walkers can get a bus to Macclesfield if required.