Health Walk - Tuesday 2nd October 2018

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

Today we had forty-five walkers and Paddy.

It could have been a miserable wet morning but it turned out to be a good walk for everyone.

James led the main walk with Elizabeth back marker.   Carmel led the short option (Elite) walk with Suzi S back marker.

Many walkers were anxious when they found out that James was leading and as he outlined his walk stepping stones were mentioned.  The effect was that

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twenty-six people lined up behind Carmel who had declined to back mark the main group and she wrestled the lead of the short option from Suzi

James' group are out of sight having entered the Pinetum and were well on their way to the Wooden Bridge.  The turned right and walked along the Cycle Path, myself by now well behind took a short cut along the river and met them at the

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Stepping Stones just in time to help most of the walkers down the slippy slope to the first stone.

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walking along the field to Town Brow

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Crossing the road at Town Brow where the small group who avoided the Stepping Stones were almost waiting for us

Once in the south side of the Park we took the first left up the hill

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At the top of the hill and keeping left turning for home.  You can see the 'stair rods' of rain in the blown up photo, quite heavy by now

After a while and a little more climbing up the path we eventually came out on to Back Lane.

We walked down Back Lane to cross Sheep Hill Lane back into the Park and

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walked along the avenue of oaks, planted for the Queen Mother's eightieth birthday, there are eighty of them, shortly to be reduced to forty to give the remaining ones space to breathe.

Walking all the way along the Cycle Path to the Wooden Bridge we recrossed and climbed back up Cardiac Hill to the Visitors Centre

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As we arrived at the Visitors Centre we could see the new flower bed now resplendent with flora.

The short walkers had not returned!  As you will see from the map Carmel did a normal walk

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 - Angela, Annette, Barry, Bernadette, Colin D, Elizabeth M, Geoff & Paddy, Graham, Irene S, James, John W, Judy, Julie S, Lis, Michael S, Mike, Susan G, Tony &Trevor

Elite group - Alfie, Ann F, Brian C, Carmel, Dennis, Elizabeth H, Gillian, Jennifer, Kath H, Linda E, Maggie, Malcolm, Margaret W, Marilyn, Michael G, Muriel, Peter, Roseanne, Sherry, Shirley, Stephen, Suzi, Sylvia, Vic, Vivien, & Yvonne

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

Cam Lane
Cam Lane Cottage
The Chorley Walks.  
Cinder Path
Cock Cabin Wood
Cuerden Hall
Cuerden Valley's Health Walk
Lower Kem Mill
Hawksclough Farmhouse
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre