Health Walk - Thursday 14th July 2016
Photos by Michael and Sandy - Please click on photos to see a larger one
Today we had twenty walkers - Ann, Bernadette, Carmel, Carol, Carole, Colin D, David, Graham, Helen G, James, Jennifer, John, Linda D, Linda E, Margaret W, Mary, Michael, Paul, Suzie and Zandra
Dry with some lovely warm sunshine
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David was leading. He explained his plans to go into the north area of the Park and set off towards the Cinder Path. Michael was the back marker and Sue was leading the short walk. Around this point, Cuerden Close, Sue left the main group to lead the short walk with Carmel. You can still see Carmel in photo 2 but she doubled back and caught up with Sue,
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Crossing the M6
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Dropping down to Wigan Road car park
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Approaching the A49
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Light at the end of the tunnel - going under the M65 - noisy!
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At the lowest point of our walk watching the Coots on the water - we could only see three of the young ones.
We returned under the M65 and over the M6 to walk round Cock Cabin Pond, down into Walkers Wood and climbed up Snake Hill
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to the new Visitors Centre - looking good with the windows and doors in
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Peter working hard as usual. We thought this was progress on the veranda but Peter said later on Facebook "Actually undoing the work done the previous day as we found the roof A-frame support didn't line up with the foundation. Just another problem to overcome."
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The triangular area shown here, same on both sides, is waiting to be 'straw baled'
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Lovely sunshine on the roof. When will the shingles arrive?
Suzie and Carmel doubled back to the Barn then started all over again walking down to the Stone Bridge, along the bottom and up Cardiac Hill through the Pinetum back to the Barn - green route and arrows.
It was Carmel's turn to provide cakes, one she had baked herself, Bara Brith, and a chocolate cake.
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Today's walks
Michael Swarbrick
