Health Walk - Tuesday 26th March 2019

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

Thanks to Sheila for her photos and and 'someone' for the information about the Elite walk.  

Sheila:     "A dry and fairly bright morning today.  Jimmy led the main group of 26 today with Irene back marking.  George the dog came too.  Brian led the shorter option group of 10 with Margaret back marking "

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Jimmy introducing his walk

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with a animated rendition of Wordsworth's poem Daffodils!

He took us down Snake Hill and turned up on to the path to the Hall

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The Elite group following us!

We continued round the front of the Hall still followed

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by the Elite group.  Here Jimmy left the Hall car park to walk on his Bluebell Walk but today

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it became the Daffodil Walk into Wilbraham's Wood!

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The Scrape from James' path in Wilbraham's Wood

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Continuing along the path

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and coming out on to the Hall Drive

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still blooming

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On to the Cinder Path

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Having left the Cinder Path we are walking along the Cycle Path

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admiring the Blackthorn Blossom which seems a little late here this year.

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We didn't go into Cock Cabin Wood but here are the Elite group leaving the wood.  They had been thwarted and had to turn back as the path was closed for the tree cutters who were felling away

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The Scrape from the other side, we're still on the Cycle Path.

 
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Jimmy took us down into Walkers Wood, here they are emerging out on to Bikers Hill on our way to cross the Stone Bridge

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and up the Slope into Dog Kennel Wood

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The Visitors Centre through the trees in Dog Kennel Wood, still not got it sharp

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Over the WI Bridge into Gravel Hole Wood and back on the Cycle Path, this time heading south!

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The thinned out Oak trees.   Just passed the Covert Pond Jimmy took us into the trees along the river.

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Most of the stepping stones are still in place except the nearest one which has sunk.  I'm told the wooden steps for this side of the stones is completed and in the garage waiting for suitable opportunity to fit them.

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Walking along the river

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where spring is bursting out all over

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There are some interesting obstacles to help reduce the speed of the river when it is spate

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More signs of

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spring

The group left the river to cross the Wooden Bridge and walk up Cardiac Hill into the Pinetum and back to the Visitors Centre

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One of the new tree spirits at the Pinetum Viewing Platform

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one of the established ones

The Elite group followed us over the Stone Bridge but they walked along the river, over the Wooden Bridge and up Cardiac Hill into the Pinetum and back to the Visitors Centre.  The Long walkers beat them back!.

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
Tree Sculpture
Park
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre