Health Walk - Thursday 28th November

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

Jimmy set off straight down Snake Hill turning up Bikers Hill into Walkers Wood emerging and, surprisingly, took us back down Bikers Hill to cross the Stone Bridge.

He led us round the Picnic Area, up the Long Steps to the Lake, along the Dam and through the Kissing Gate into the Field and along Cam Lane

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to Hawks Clough

Looking left or north through the now leafless trees you can see that work has begun restoring the old Hawksclough Farmhouse

Turning right

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to walk up the hill to pass the

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Ponderosor more correctly named 'Cam Lane Cottage'

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Carrying on along Cam Lane to the Top of Sheephill where we crossed the road

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and walked down to the Town Brow Car Park reentering the Park and walking along the now depleted Avenue of Oaks on the Cycle Path all the way to the Wooden Bridge.

We climbed up Cardiac Hill on the devastated path into the Pinetum, turning right at John's 'Many Eyed Tree' and making the last Climb back to the Visitors Centre.

John B:  "Elite walk, 7 walkers, weather a bit dreich. John B leading, Colin C back marking. Down to gate, left to circle the Hall and old barn, left up Barclay Drive, right on main track to descend Cardiac hill. right to left up Gravel Hole Wood, through to Dog Kennel Wood, along east side of lake to ascend steps to meadow, right along path to stile, down ramp to stone bridge, up Snake Hill to café./Visitors Centre."

Dreich Weather: "A word that is commonly used to describe the Scottish weather has been named the "most iconic" Scots word. "Dreich" - meaning dull or gloomy - topped a poll to mark Book Week Scotland, led by the Scottish Book Trust. It beat off contenders including "glaikit", "scunnered" and "shoogle".  20th November 2019 - Google"

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 with grateful thanks to John

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