Health Walk - Thursday 20th December 2018   

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

Today we had twenty-three walkers and Paddy for a strangely good autumn morning, a change from the overnight rain and the rain expected however it was to change.

Michael S was the leader of the main walk with Sheila T back marker, again.  

Colin C led the Elite group with Margaret W back marker.  

Michael announced the Christmas Day and Boxing Day walks and set off down Snake Hill running (Ha Ha) ahead

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to get a photo.

Turning left he led the main group into Walkers Wood and out into Cock Cabin Wood. Walking round anticlockwise he took the group passed the Woodpecker Tree, out and down Bikers Hill.

Avoiding the puddle on the path to the Stone Bridge he led over the Stone Bridge, round the Picnic Area along the bottom of the Dam and up the Long Steps to the Lake.

There was much activity on the Lake with a couple of Cormorants performing aerial manoeuvres and some white looking ducks towards the north-east corner - goosanders?

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Walking along the Dam

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the Elite walkers came into view on the opposite side.  Having started into the Pinetum, down Cardiac Hill, up into Gravel Hole Wood they were emerging from Dog Kennel Wood to go through the Kissing Gate into the Field

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to drop down the steps where the main group met them on their way to the Lake, the main group having walked all the way round the Lake to follow their path in the opposite direction.

Now the rain started and I was glad of my umbrella!

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As the main group are entering Dog Kennel Wood the elite group are about to go down the Slope to cross the Stone Bridge and walk up Snake Hill back to the Visitors Centre 

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as the main group retraced the Elite Groups outward route 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 >>.

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

Cam Lane
Cam Lane Cottage
The Chorley Walks
Cinder Path
Cock Cabin Wood
Cuerden Hall
Cuerden Valley's Health Walk
Hawksclough Farmhouse
Jenny Greenteeth
Park
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre