Health Walk - Tuesday 17th July 2018
Photos by Michael S - Please click on photos to see a larger one
Today we only had fifty walkers. No dogs today.
It was a cloudy morning with a possibility of rain but it improved as we walked round.
Michael S led the main walk with Frankie as back marker. Suzi S led the short option walk with Colin C back marker.
Michael introduced himself and went on to get confused and mumble but set off down the hill and everyone followed him except the Elite walkers who went off up the hill through the Car Park and round the sunny side, not this morning, of Cuerden Hall
Michael turned up to Cuerden Hall and walked round the front, following James' Walk through Wilbraham's Wood coming out on the Drive where
Photo 1
they saw the Elite group coming towards them. The Elite group merged with the main group, now strung out through going through the wood but on reflection the Elite group allowed the main group to lead them down the Cinder Path
Everyone walked along the Cycle Track and round Cock Cabin Pond, leaving Cock Cabin Wood to enter Walkers Wood, going down Bikers Hill and crossing the Stone Bridge.
Here the Elite group walked south along the river whereas the main group walked round the Picnic Area and
Photo 2 Photo 3
climbed the steps
Photo 4 Photo 5 Photo 6
to the
Photo 7 Photo 8
Lake, walked round the Lake and
Photo 9 Photo 10
climbed the next steps
Photo 11 Photo 12 Photo 13
into the Field walking down to the Kissing Gate but overhead
Photo 14 Photo 15
the Martins were gathering on the electric wires - hope they aren't getting ready to fly away meaning the end of summer is nigh?
The main group went through the Kissing Gate and up into Dog Kennel Wood, through Gravel Hole Wood, down to the Cycle Track and over the Wooden Bridge following the Elite group who had walked up Cardiac Hill into the Pinetum and back to the Visitors Centre where Brian C handed out invitations to his walk from Brinscall Baths to White Coppice and back on Saturday 4th August.
Judging by the comments on Facebook most people enjoyed the walk.
.jpg)
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 - Ann F, Ann K, Barry, Bernadette, Brian C, Carmel, Christine S, Clare, Colin D, Dee, Elizabeth M, Eric, Frankie, Graham, James Mc, Jim, Joe Mc, John W, Judy, Julie, Linda E, Linda P, Maggie, Malcolm, Marilyn, Maureen, Michael G, Michael S, Michelle, Neil, Roberta, Roseanne, Steven F, Susan G, Sylvia, Tony, Vic, Victoria, & Yvonne
Elite group - Ann, Beth, Colin C, Gillian, Gwen, Irene T, John B, Margaret W, Muriel, Stephen & 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 Pinetum Visitors Centre
