Adel

Sunday, 31st October

11.1 Km (7.12 miles) -2hrs 10 mins

This walk is dedicated to the memory of my Great-Aunt Rose. Sadly, just as I was leaving Golden Acre Park I received a call to inform me that she had passed away at the age of 90.  A great lady who I have fond memories of.  She lived, for most of her life, as a farmer's wife in Garsdale.  A hard life in a Dales farm with little in the way of what we now take for granted - like an inside toilet ! She brought up three daughters and I have fond memories of visits and stays in the farmhouse - what it lacked in heating it made up for in the warmth of welcome.

The picture says it all !!  Wet and foggy this was more about walking, rather than looking at the scenery.  The walk came from a Leeds City Council website - unfortunately, I haven't kept the link.   The walk starts in Golden Acre Park busy even on a wet and misty morning with dog-walkers and families off to feed the birds in the park.  This route, however, head off through Breary Woods until you emerge past Pete's Pond (pictured above) and onto Cookridge Golf Course.

Thanks to the dog-walkers who put me on the right route the walk emerges on Holt Lane  and then across the very busy main road before heading across the fields to Adel Church. Again, a short walk along a road takes you into a uphill section through woods and alongside Headingley golf course.

The final section goes past Eccup Reservoir before cutting back through woods (Eccup Whin) and once more into Golden Acre Park and back to the car park.

Not a day for photographs but a few are available here