A 17-mile stroll in the rain between towns in Staffordshire and Cheshire did not sound very alluring.
But this walk came with a prize. If I could defy the wet and gloom between Kidsgrove and Macclesfield, I would link Birmingham to Manchester on the Slow Ways walking network.
Slow Ways came to keen walker and all-round ideas factory Daniel RavenEllison when he took a hike from Winchester to
