Teggs Nose walk

15 brave souls ventured out for Peter and Helen’s first walk as leaders, with 3 new ladies.  John G. noted that this was the first time that women outnumbered men (8 to 7), and led to the quote of the walk, “We might have a chance…”
Starting at Teggs Nose, the group headed up to the view points, to be greeted with clouds and Macclesfield, less than a mile away. Not too disheartened, we trudged on down to the reservoirs to make our way to Macclesfield forest for elevenses and a chorus of crossbills (thanks for the bird info. Sue H.)  15 then became 13, as Pete & Sue had a better offer of a pub lunch, and bade us farewell.
The rest of us continued through the forest and fields to lunch, overlooking Lamaload Reservoir, closely followed by the darkest cloud ever.  Thankfully, this diverted away from us at the last minute, although by the time we got to the ‘Rising Sun’ pub in Rainow the heavens opened, and we enjoyed listening to the rain bouncing off the pub conservatory! The final leg headed south-ish back towards Teggs Nose, where we did, eventually, get quite good views over Manchester and the Cheshire plains.
Thanks to everyone for an enjoyable day, and hope to walk with you again soon…
  
Thanks
Peter and Helen