A Tegg’s Nose Adventure 11th March 2026

Macclesfield Forest from Tegg's Nose.

Tegg's Nose industrial past.

Is it Langley or Trentabank Reservoir?

Descending Tegg's Nose.

This is definitely Langley Reservoir.

One of two Canada geese on Langley Reservoir.

Tegg's Nose from the bridleway leading to Hacked Way Lane.

Fran and Nigel should be there somewhere.

There they are!

Heading along the Walker Barn path through Macclesfield Forest (our escape route)

On top of the world - no, just the highest point on the path to Warrilowhead Farm.

I think I can see my car in the Tegg's Nose Car Park.

The start of the path to Gulshaw Hollow

The Gulshaw Hollow path looks like it is quite high above bottom of the valley.

Gulshaw Hollow.

The delightful path high across the slopes of Gulshaw Hollow.

Snowdrops near Hordern Far,

Memories of milk being delivered in these churns.

An old tree being felled.

Distance: 5.8 miles.
Climb: 1227’. Wind assisted GPS reading)
Time: 3 hour 52 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h.
Temperature: 8.2 Celsius to 10.8 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: Max 4, a 13.3 m.p.h. Moderate breeze on top of egg’s Nose and near Walkers Barn.
Group: Martyn, Nigel and Fran.
The weather forecast for today was pretty accurate today, so we can’t complain. It felt cool whenever we were exposed to the Moderate breeze and felt pleasantly warm in the Sun and out of the wind.
The journey to Tegg’s Nose was going well until we found the Old Buxton Road was closed just short of our destination. We ended up doing an extra 30 miles detour before finally arriving at Tegg’s Nose over an hour later than planned!
We set off to the top of Tegg’s Nose, before dropping down to the reservoirs below. The planned route would take us through Macclesfield Forest to Charity Lane, but we arrived at the Woodcutter’s Cottage to find the path we wanted was closed due to fallen trees.
We decide to have lunch there, and look at alternate routes to get back to Tegg’s Nose without just retracing our steps.
We ended up taking the path to Walker Barn via Ashtretop and Warrilowhead Farm. The next part of the route took us above Gulshaw Hollow on a delightful path to Hordern Farm. We then followed the access track up to the New Buxton Road to rejoin the planned route following the Gritstone Trail back to the start.
Along the access track, we were briefly entertained by some tree cutters felling a large tree.
Birds seen or heard today included: European robin, Rook, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Blue tit, Great tit, Wood nuthatch, Goldfinch, Common chaffinch, Canada goose and Common buzzard.
Overall, an enjoyable walk, very different to the original planned walk.
Arriving back at the car, we found that the Old Buxton Road was no longer closed, so we could head home the usual way.
The Upton continents were planning to enjoy drinks at the Wealstone, where they expected to be joined by Elaine and Mike.
I just headed home for a cup of tea, no beer for me, as I have just started a five-day course of strong antibiotics