The silence of a grey December morning is broken by this flock of Canada geese flying over Teggsnose Reservoir.
On a still grey morning with a bit of frost around a group of us gathered at the small car park at the end of Holehouse Lane in Langley for a walk led by Laura Hall
There was hardly a ripple on Teggsnose Reservoir and whilst we waited a large flock of Canada Geese flew over.
At 10am we were ready for the off with the initial steep ascent to reach the summit of Tegg’s Nose. A slow pace was set before catching our breath before our wander around on the path on the eastern side of the summit. What was amazing today was the view west across the misty Cheshire Plain to Snowdonia which was quite a rare sight. Despite it being cloudy overhead and to the east, there was much blue sky to the west and Snowdonia was bathed in sunshine. The snow clad mountains really stood out on the far horizon some eighty miles away. The Carneddau Range was clearly seen and individual summits could be made out. A little further to the left, the summits of the Glyder Range were also visible but Snowdon itself was hidden by the nearer Moel Famau.
The still waters of Teggsnose Reservoir & Bottoms Reservoir on a grey December morning.
The Carneddau Range as seen from Tegg’s Nose – a distance of eighty miles away. Carnedd Llewelyn is the highest summit visible. The nearest range is the Peckforton Hills and behind is the Clwydian Range.
We continued with the Gritstone Trail over towards the Buxton New Road and stopping at some picnic benches which had seen better days en route for our morning break.
We had to join the Buxton New Road soon afterwards, and after a couple of hundred yards branched left down to cross Gulshaw Hollow before ascending again to the Buxton New Road at Walker Barn. Charity Lane was next followed over to Forest Chapel. The little church was our lunch stop and most of the group ate their lunch in the church porch with a few more inside the church and a couple of hardy ones sat outside but we were glad to set off again after fifteen minutes.
We now followed the lane around to Standing Stone Car Park then the forest track south before ascending over Buxtors Hill and negotiating the usual boggy bits en route. Reaching the flag stone path we turned right to head downhill, with the hills to our east draped in low cloud which seemed to be drifting our way but in contrast to the west the blue sky and sunshine was painfully slowly edging in. Over Nessit Hill we were briefly engulfed in cloud before descending through the forest and emerging later to the sunny skies that had now reached us. To complete the walk we skirted around the eastern end of Ridgegate Reservoir with the low sunshine in our eyes.