Health Walk - Thursday 31st May 2018

Photos by Michael S - Please click on photos to see a larger one

Today we had thirty-one walkers with two new ones.

David H led the main walk with Elizabeth M back marking.  

Jen led the short option walk, with Suzi back marking

David introduced his walk and set off into the Pinetum

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going down Cardiac Hill

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Oh dear the cows are lying down again!

David took us over the Wooden Bridge

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and along Route 55

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The Buttercups and Red Clover are blossoming

We continued along Route 55 to Town Brow walking along the Queen Mother's avenue of Oaks.

David took us up Sheephill crossing over at the top into Cam Lane and along past the Ponderosa.  continuing along Cam Lane past Hawks Clough we descended to the Lake passing the Heron chicks and walk round the Lake

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There are only four goslings now, what's happened to the other five - Pike, Seagulls?

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We climbed down the Long Steps to walk along the bottom of the Dam

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passing the Orchids and

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other flora on our Left.  We crossed the Stone Bridge and

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David gave us the choice of continuing with him or walking back up Snake Hill.  Irene S opted to walk back and insisted on going alone.  We carried on into Walkers Wood and on into Cock Cabin Wood

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More Orchids and Buttercups

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This time I got a Damselfly!

Sheila and Michael got behind looking at the Orchids and Damselflies the others had disappeared by now.  Thinking we'd heard Cinder Path when David offered his alternative walk we turned right and walked along Route 55 down the Cinder Path and back round the front of Cuerden Hall to the Visitors Centre. We couldn't see the others ahead of us?

They had returned down Bikers Hill and walked up Snake Hill back to the Visitors Centre

Jen took the Elite walkers through the Car Park, past the Old Man into the Pinetum along the path past the viewing Area and down Cardiac Hill.

They crossed the Wooden Bridge and climbed up into Gravel Hole Wood passing over the Clayton-Le-Woods WI Bridge into Dog Kennel Wood, emerging to look at the Heron's nest returning to walk round the Lake, down the Long Steps, along the bottom of the Dam, over the Stone Bridge and walked up Snake Hill back to the Visitors centre.

Today's walks (Red Main Group, Green Short Walk Option Group).  
Where there are green arrows on the red route it means the Elite walkers had followed the main >> or the main group had followed the Elite walkers >>.

Today's walkers

Main Walk - Barbara F, Barry, Bernadette, Bill, Brian C, Colin D, David H, Elizabeth M, Eric, Frankie, Graham, Helen G, Irene S, James, Janet, Jim, John W, Linda E, Margaret W, Michael S, Moira, Roberta, Ricky, Sheila T, Trudi & Yvonne C

It was Ricky & Trudi's first walk with us

Elite group - Colin C, Jen, Joan, Julie S & Suzi

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

Cinder Path                Cuerden Hall          Hawksclough Farmhouse                         Cam Lane             Lower Kem Mill

Cuerden Valley's Health Walk    Cock Cabin Wood   Cam Lane Cottage       Ponderosa

The Chorley Walks.