Pup Obi Travels

A glorious sunny day and well worth a walk. The next out walk I organised was along the former railway line between Lymm and Dunham Massey with a return along the canal.

Starting in the picturesque village (town) of Lymm, we crossed the canal before we started. So we will return to this point at the end of the walk to find a decent pub for a drink.

From here we walked down through the village to join the former railway line which ran out of Altrincham into Warrington. It now comes part of the Trans Pennine Trail. We are only going to walk a small part of the line towards Dunham Massey.

One of the benefits of such walks, unlike Winter Hill, which was an uphill walk, canal and rail-line walks are relatively flat which can be quite nice. Also this walk meant we had pleasant fields to walk past. It was muddy in parts, as the footpath is just a mud track. Luckily being August was a benefit as winter this walk could have been a rather muddier walk.

The station house stands along the former railway line not far from where we were to come off the railway. It is one of those features you find on old railway lines, old station houses, platforms remnants of a forgotten last. Some such structures are often completely removed. This station house luckily has been converted into a home.

On reaching Durham, we left the railway line and joined the canal, the Bridgwater Canal. We walked a small section of the canal last year on the Dunham Massey Walk. On this walk we will be walking in the opposite direction back towards Lymm.

The rest of the walk was an easy wonder back along the canal to Lymm. Seeing the crane and old mill building and a few bridges as we worked away back to the start and done a pub.

The area around Lymm, despite the hum of two motorways in the distance, is a pleasant area to walk. Nice easy walk to undertake with viewed features and food company. On in all a good walk. All the photos are in the link at the top of the post.