Health Walk - Tuesday 26th February 2019

Photos by Jim S & Sheila T - Please click on photos to see a larger one

Thanks to Margaret for providing the information for the Elite walk and Frankie for the main group.  Thanks to Jim S and Sheila T for the photographs

Sheila "An amazing mild and sunny day for February there were 44 walkers - 32 on the longer option and 12 on the shorter. Two new shorter walkers joined today as well."

Frankie led the main walk with Irene S back marking and Margaret W led the Elite walkers with Brian L back marking.

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Frankie introducing herself and Irene and outlining her plans for the main group walk.

They set off up into the Car Park and entered the Pinetum at the wood carving in the holly tree, it's not a holly tree but it is sheathed in holly.

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They walked up to the Viewing Platform and down the steps going down Cardiac Hill and over the Wooden Bridge turning right

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along the Cycle Path

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all the way to

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the bottom of Town Brow

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Crossing the road they

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started to walk up Sheep Hill

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entering Sheep Hill Wood at the first opportunity

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Mounting the steps and

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climbing up to 'The Top of the World'

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After a short rest they walked on

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through the wood to Glenmore coming back out on to Sheep Hill Lane and crossing the road into

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Cam Lane

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continuing down Cam Lane, passed the Ponderosa

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and walking down to Hawks Clough

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on the edge of Green Wood

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to the Kissing Gate into the Field

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Leaving Cam Lane to walk down the steps to the Lake

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all peaceful and

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serene

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continuing round the Lake

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and down the Long Steps to the Picnic Area to walk along the Cycle Path

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enjoying the calmness of the river - Kingfishers have

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been seen along here recently, over the Wooden Bridge and up Cardiac Hill, into the Pinetum and back to refreshments in the Visitors Centre

The Elite group - Margaret: "We left the visitor centre up. To the barn, turned right after the barn, round the front of Cuerden Hall, to Snake Hill. Left at the bottom, through Walkers Wood, to Cock Cabin Wood, where we heard a Woodpecker, back down over the stone bridge and through Dog Kennel Wood and Gravel Hole Wood then to Cardiac Hill and back to the Visitors Centre for a well earned brew!!"

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 >>.  similarly for the blue arrows

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
Park
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre