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From January 2011 we will be unable to update this website so please go to the new SWOGBLOG This link will take you to it https://sites.google.com/site/stockportwalkingoutdoorgroup/home  Please continue to send photos and walk reports/blogs to the group email account.

16 of us turned up for this now annual ritual. Near perfect wintry conditions – a light blanket of snow, a frosty atmosphere and blue sky – allowed us to enjoy a brisk walk from Birch Vale via Little Hayfield … Continue reading →

If you would like to contribute photos and reports of our activities please send them to the group email account.   I have now copied across all the blogs and many of the photos to the new site – https://sites.google.com/site/stockportwalkingoutdoorgroup/home … Continue reading →

13 members enjoyed a 7.5 mile walk around the Hardcastle Crags area near Hebden Bridge. We started the walk from the historic village of Heptonstall, dropping steeply down to cross the Hebden Water before continuing up Grimsworth Dean. Lunch was … Continue reading →

Friday night saw 14 of us at the Joshua Bradley in Woodley/Hyde. We found a nice spot for the night. Lovely large table to fit us all round. 3 hand pumps beers were on. One of these was a plum … Continue reading →

Hi there, just a short note to thank everybody who attended The Shining Cliff weekend. I think I can take the liberty to say everybody seemed to enjoy themselves immensely,  the weather was good, the company was good, and the … Continue reading →

This website needs to be replaced before March 2011 so we are looking at alternatives. This link will take you to one I am messing about with in googlesites – feedback welcome   https://sites.google.com/site/stockportwalkingoutdoorgroup/home   Sue  

We were blessed with glorious autumnal sunshine for our walk on Sunday. Some 18 of us set off from the canal basin and proceeded by way of Toddbook reservoir(rather empty) to Taxal church. Here we were denied the customary refreshment … Continue reading →

Our hardy crew of Linda, Tracy, Sue and myself met up at Stockport station onSaturday for the second stage of our Cheshire canal ring walk. After various alarmson the journey to the station, we all made the 9.58 train…..just……. We … Continue reading →

15 of us, and two dogs, were out for this walk which took us from Glossop onto Bleaklow Head via Swineshew Reservoir and Clough Head. It was a long, but easy ascent to this aptly named wilderness, in cool and cloudy, but … Continue reading →