We have only lived in Hague Bar for a few years but its an area that I have been drawn to on and off during my life, be it for the many footpaths and bridleways or the friendly local hostelry's.
With being off work on paternity leave I found that I couldn't stray far from home to go for dog walks. As I had found all the caches in the area this meant that I was resorting to some old routes to exercise the dogs. Some of these walks I have done hundreds of times but there is one in particular that I loved and hadn't done for some time. It was whilst doing this walk that I thought about doing this mini series that follows that route.
The series takes you from Hague Bar up Hague Fold road and on to the top of Mellor moor before looping back down to Hague Bar car park via Brook Bottom. Along the route you get great views across the surrounding area including Disley, New Mills, Marple Ridge, Lyme Park as well a views across the Peak District national park. It's not the longest walk in the area but if you take your time and take in the views it will take a couple of hours before dropping you down to Brook Bottom for a refreshing drink.
When I was first introduced to Geocaching I had a look in my local area for caches closer to home, I was surprised to discover that there were a number a stones throw from my front door. The closest of these was Cath's Cache owned by Rigsbys Mob, so off I went to look for it sadly though my first ever Geocache was a DNF and shortly after that the cache was archived.
In honor of my first near cache and my partner of the same name I have decided to replace this cache, not in the same place though that would be too easy. I hope that it will have a longer and more fruitful life than it's predecessor.