David and Jacinta's Walks- 2025

The Chew Reservoir and Lad's Leap from Tintwistle We wanted a last practice walk before our trip to The Dolomites and our new "good value" walk from Tintwistle up to the Chew Reservoir really fitted the bill. Tintwistle isn't far to drive and this variant of the walk up to Chew avoids a rather tedious section beside the Torside/Rhodeswood/Valehouse reservoirs. Rather than following the Pennine Bridleway (somewhat stony), we now go up the footpath that starts by threading its way through Arnfield Farm and under the pylons. Under the pylons Once we're past the power lines, Ogden Clough, Arnfield Flats and Boar Flats come into view. We have to drop down to cross Ogden Brook and then climb up again, but this is practice for The Dolomites, remember! Dropping down to Ogden Brook Even though we've done the walk across Ormes Moor many times, this was the first time that we'd managed to do the entire traverse on a relatively dry footpath, ending up at the footpath ...

Tintwistle and The Chew Reservoir We wanted to avoid driving far and David's variant on the walk from Crowden to The Chew Reservoir seemed a good choice (and cut out a visit to Crowden completely!). Parking is on Stocks Green in Tintwistle and follows the cobbled section of Arnfield Lane. Rather than taking the Pennine Bridleway immediately before Arnfield Farm, we took the far more green and pleasant path leading from the farmyard. Being a warm day, the sheep were taking advantage of the shade of a wall. Sheep being cool The view up Ogden Clough is fairly typical of the recovering Dark Peak- a lot of heather, which is spread as brash (vegetative propagation) and a bit too much bracken, which is pretty invasive. Lower reaches of Ogden Clough Although the stile above Ogden Brook has been repaired, the path to it is smothered by bracken and the clear path takes you up to the gate on the Pennine Bridleway, where we were greeted by a goat. Sheep waiting for us The walk along the edge o...