Our fussy landlady provided some amusement at breakfast… Seems she was able to to tell you anything about anything, but incapable of listening :-). We were on the road shortly after 9, and walked the best part of a mile down to the Pennine Way.

First task was to climb up to Stoodley Pike. We are familiar with the pike, as it stands above where Tricia’s sister Lesley used to live. I was expecting a sharp climb, but we were on the other side of the pike, and it was a reasonably gentle climb.

We then moved on, running along the top, then came down across the moor to a series of reservoirs. This meant we were walking on a level, on good path so we made good progress. We stopped for lunch at a road side pub, using their beer garden to sit in :-).

After our break we were up onto Blackstone Edge. Took a bit of time to get into the climb after being sat for a period… And I was feeling heavy legged today. I had thought that I would be walking fit by now, but successive days walking and no rest days doesn’t seem to have helped. From the top of Blackstone Edge you could see for miles… From there it was a gradual descent down the the M62, which we crossed on a footbridge. From there on to the moors, going across part of Saddleworth Moor before finally arriving in Standedge (pronounced ‘Stanige’). We had walked about 15 miles… It felt more like 20 for some reason. A taxi picked us up and took us into Marsden where we are staying the night. Taxi will take us back out to Standedge tomorrow morning.

Only 29 miles to go now…..