Teggs Trail

The last time I walked this route was earlier this year in March. Then I soared with buzzards on the summit of Teggs Nose . This time I ascended with a lark - Vaughan Williams 'Lark Ascending' on my ipod!

At the top of the hill there is an attractive stone seat dedicated to a lady called Fiona McWilliams who was an air traffic controller and had died at the age of 34 years. There is an inscription from the poem 'High Flight' by a pilot in the 2nd World War.

'Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings'

Millstone grit was quarried here in the early 1900's and was used to pave the streets of nearby Macclesfield. There is a small heritage site with equipment.

The visitor centre is cosily all enclosed and includes some beautiful modern stained glass in the windows.

Rough cobbles of the Saddlers way was originally used by packhorses carrying salt from Middlewich area into Derbyshires. This was the descent back to the car park at the back of Teggs Nose Reservoir, accessed by Holehouse Lane in Langley. Although the walk was only 3 miles it seems longer with the initial 200m rise to the summit.