This Saturday it’s the Rucksack Club classic Etherow Watershed hike. As predicted a couple of months back, Saturday looks set to be blessed with good weather – dry with a light breeze and plenty of sunshine. There’s been so little rain in the last two months that the ground is dry enough that you can bet on getting round without losing a shoe to the bog monster. Underfoot conditions like this are not to be missed!
As per the previous post:
The Etherow Watershed is a walk of about 35 miles (56km) with around 4000 ft (1250m) elevation around the edge of the drainage basin of the River Etherow. It starts and finishes at Hobson Moor Quarry, Mottram, then goes via Laddow, Black Hill, Holme Moss, Woodhead, Bleaklow, Coombes Edge, and returning to Hobson Moor about 12 hours after departing. With it being a circular route there are plenty of opportunities to take a shortcut back to the start if that’s your thing.
Meet at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday at Hobson Moor.
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Email Dan Calverley at outdoormeets@rucksackclub.org if you are interested.