Geek Walks

Geek Walks is a monthly social event run by Paul.

Basic idea: Get the train to somewhere nice, go for a walk followed by pub lunch.

Future idea: Geek Run? Some people run whilst the others walk. May be better as a separate event.

Trips during poor weather

• Eureka! - Right next to Halifax station
• Imperial War Museum North - Has its own Metrolink stop
• York - National Railway Museum
• Birkenhead - http://www.u-boatstory.co.uk/
• National Media Museum - Bradford
• Anson Engine Museum - near Poynton station, pub recommendation is Bull's Head
• Northern Mill Engine Society - Bolton
• Avro Heritage Museum
• Lancaster - Castle and Police Museum
• Sheffield - Magna Science

Potential walks

• The Tolkien Trail - Clitheroe
• Marple - Marple Cross, lunch at Devonshire Arms or The Norfolk Arms
• Anderton - Anderton Boat Life, 2 miles from Northwich station, 1tph
• Halifax - The 'Shoreditch of the North'
• Buxton and stations en-route
• Healey Dell - Near Rochdale
• Lancaster - 57m on the train, places to walk, plus castle
• Hathersage - train station is in the centre, 56m
• New Mills - 26m on the train
• Blackpool - walk along the promenade, beaches etc.
• Southport - British Lawnmower Museum might be amusing
• Clitheroe - Sculpture trail
• Appley Bridge -
• Lea Green
• Delamere Forest - 1h09m on the train, 1tph
• Ramsbottom - Metrolink followed by steam train (expensive, could go on the bus instead)
• Barton Swing Aqueduct
• Preston - route taken for after Northern Gathering, The Continental seems to be the pub
• Hebden Bridge - 30-40m train, 3tph
• Entwistle - Wayoh reservoir - http://www.thestrawburyduck.co.uk/
• Edale
• Castleton (not Rochdale)
• Bamford Reservoir
• Heaton Park - not sure where is good for lunch - Woodthorpe Hotel?
• Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre
• 535 to Wilton Arms outside of Bolton
• Country walks near Greater Manchester

Longer excursions

• Llandudno
• Canal boat trip
• York (doable in a day but could also be a weekend trip)
• Bletchley Park and National Computing Museum
• Cambridge
• Oxford

Overseas

• Wrocław (Poland)

Ruled out

• Widnes - never again! We were told by a helpful local that the pub we had intended to go into for lunch was not suitable for visitors...
• Skipton - too far
• Pendle - Colne (railway station) - too far (2h+)
• Lytham St Annes - bit too far (1h30m, 1 change)
• Ribchester - Langho station, 1h2m, 1tph - bit too far from the station