Marsden, March Haigh and the Pack Horse Road A misty and moist day as it has been for a couple of weeks, but we set off for Marsden to do a familiar walk up March Hill. After stopping at the Standedge Tunnel café for a quick brew, we walked up to Hey Green House and then alongside the row of rail posts, dated 1847. We headed next for the track beyond White Hall Farm which marks the start of the moorland and the steep sides of Haigh Clough- not that you could really see anything in the mist. At March Haigh Reservoir we stopped for some food and surveyed the extensive works that are taking place in the reservoir. We made our way up March Hill where normally one can see views back to Marsden. Nearing the top of March Haigh According to the Marsden Walkers leaflet, this is a view that Mesolithic people would have seen which is quite thrilling to imagine how wild it must have been in those times. We continued on the rather muddy path until the Pack Horse Road (marked by a clear PH road ston...
