Mappiman's Real Ale Walks

Peat Bogs in the Rain I left the Greater Manchester Ringway in the Holiday Inn Express. It's been a long time since I've stayed in a...

The Western Wind-down  A whole calendar year since I was on the Greater Manchester Ringway. We can blame relatives - my daughter and son-in-...

All Downhill from Here Winter Hill was the final big hill on the Greater Manchester Ringway. It's going to be interesting to see what I ...

On Winter Hill I once walked Hergest Ridge , so this is not the first hill walk to have a song named after it. To get there, it's a gent...

The River Irlam to the Peel Monument and a Roman Road A lovely stretch of the Greater Manchester Ringway but why so few photos?  Most of the...

I'll never know Knowl Moor I downloaded all the GPX files when the Greater Manchester Ringway was first devised. On checking the excelle...

GM Ringway Brewery Adoption All my long distance paths eventually adopt a brewery. I kept finding Rebellion on the Chiltern Chain Walk . Pur...

Reservoir Gods and Windy Hills As the crow flies, I make no more than 2 miles of progress today. But who wants to be a crow? The GM Ringway ...

Pink Tram Line Down, Thank God for Flying Horses  Bless me father for I have sinned. It's been 9 months since I have been on the Greater...

Ancient paths, wild moorland and £5 pints in Oldham  I asked AI to provide a summary of this stage of Greater Manchester's boundary path...