This walk was a wet one. The forecast was for heavy rain but on the day, it was only light drizzle. The fantastic scenery made up for it. We met at Victoria station to catch the tram to Radcliffe. From here we walked down the unusually named Banana path on to the Manchester, Bury and Bolton canal. After following this canal for a mile or so, we branched off and made our way through a fair bit of mud to reach the Outwood trail – a former railway line from Manchester to Bolton.

Having followed this trail for a while, we climbed 47 steep steps up on to a path which took us through a muddy field and into Ringley where we had a well-deserved lunch at the Horseshoe pub.