Saturday 28th November - To the top and back

Meeting Place: Lay-by near the Leather Smithy
Leaders: Jen A and Abi
A fantastic run this morning, & a great route lead by Jenny. 13 brave E Groupers headed up in to the Forest. Fantastic running by all, and the views at the top were well worth the climb - Shining Tor, Cat & Fiddle, Shut... Beautiful!
Then afterwards at Macc Garden Centre for tea & toast. Perfection!

Approximate Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Shoes: Mixed terrain but would recommend trails
Post run coffee plans: Fairways Garden Centre

Saturday 21st November - Clough Bank Corker

This morning, 17 E Group runners decided to go on a little adventure around Kerridge. We ran down the Middlewood towards Marple and then back onto the canal in the opposite direction to warm up. We headed towards Kerridge, along an icy Lidgetts Lane and up onto the ridge. We were rewarded (after the mud and ice) with beautiful views of Macclesfield and Rainow - which was covered in snow. We ran along to White Nancy for a quick photo and back down to Clough Bank.

Excellent running this week from everyone, this was a challenging route in winter conditions.

We enjoyed coffee and bacon butties in the Waterside afterwards to thaw out!

See you next week,

Jenny, Wendy and Dawn

                                     Before the off 

                All wrapped up - Charlie and Lindsey 

                              Is it sunny Wendy B? 

                     Kathryn avoiding the puddle 

             Karen doing the long jump over the puddle...

                  Rippon jumping over the puddle 

                                    Beautiful views 

                             E Group head up the path 

                         Sarah (loop back queen) 

                                     Lisa pre buff 

                      Sam out with E Group again 

                                A little Icy....

                                   Are those smiles.....

                                   Alps or Bolly?

                               Enjoying the snow?

                                   Always one.....

                  Lisa with her trend that will catch on....

                  Whats that coming over the hill? 

                                   Weeeeeeee!

                                    Nancy is sight 

                                             E Group at Nancy in the Snow 

                             Downhill from here (in a good way!) 

Saturday 14th November - Tittesworth Reservoir

This morning, 16 E Group runners met at Tittesworth Reservoir to run 4.5 - 5 miles around the water. We were lucky with the weather and had sunshine all the way around. The route saw us start at the visitor centre and run anti-clockwise. On route, we were spoilt with views of Staffordshire and Cheshire in the distance, taking in The Roaches, Shuttlingsloe and Bosley. The route was undulating - most of us expected it to be flat so it was a nice surprise! 

There was the now standard practice of running around the car park to round up the miles on the GPS! 

Tittesworth is only 25 minutes from Macclesfield and the run will be back by popular demand in the spring. Thank you Lou and Abi for finding a new route!

Jen, Abi and Lou :)