Health Walk - Tuesday 17th September
Photos by Michael S & Sheila T - Please click on photos to see a larger one
Sheila: "A lovely sunny walk this morning shared by 32 long walkers led by Jimmy and back marked by Frankie. John B led 15 Elite walkers with Beth back marking. George and Meg our canine friends accompanied the Elite walkers. Many thanks to our leaders and back markers today."
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James wetting our appetites and then leading us a merry dance up through the Car Park and round the sunny side of Cuerden Hall.
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There are the Elite walkers. They soon let us passed as we entered Wilbrahams Wood.
Beth: "John led(the Elite group), we walked across the front of Cuerden Hall round the stable block to Berkeley Drive, up the drive and took the narrow path through the shrubs onto the track above the Pinetum, turned down Cardiac, crossed the river, then right onto the cycle track, up year hill through Gravel Hole & Dog Kennel Woods, to the lake, walked round the lake to the long steps, then back to the stone bridge, up Snake, to the cafe (Visitors Centre). (We were) accompanied by Meg & George. I back-marked."
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We came out on to the Hall Drive and walked down the Cinder Path, here we're on the Cycle Path and Jimmy is checking we're all OK.
We carried on the Cycle Path to cross the Stone Bridge
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Another pause to check all's well
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The river looked fresh and clean over the Ford. We continued along the Cycle Path leaving it to walk along he river
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One or two very muddy patches
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The Stepping Stones, no Jimmy didn't take us across. Notice the wooden stakes driven into the bank to form a wall to stop the bank eroding. Look carefully and you'll see they are growing! A Willow stick, branch even though it is apparently prepared to be a stake will start to grow again
Jimmy decided that it would be too wet to cross the stones and walk along the field
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After a pause for breather he led up down the Cycle Path to Town Brow Car Park which we rounded
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and crossed the New Bridge
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View from the Bridge
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We came out on to Town Brow and climbed up the Sheep Field - a meadow this year
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Frankie said you're nearly at the top now Michael, I was flagging.
We walked down Shady Lane back to the Visitors Centre
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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
