Health Walk - Thursday 30th March 2017

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

Today we had twenty-one walkers.  

Carmel was leading the main walk - she said she was taking us into 'Outer Mongolia'.  Michael was back marker.  

Peter was leading the short walk.

Carmel avoided the Cinder Path because it was guaranteed to be wet and muddy after all the rain since Tuesday

We walked into the Pinetum the short walk group following

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where Michael saw this interesting flower, never noticed it before in all the years he's walked in the Park

Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing, foul-smelling plant that grows in wetlands of eastern North America.

The Pinetum is also the American Garden

After crossing the Wooden Bridge we turned left to walk along the Cycle Track, the short walk group still behind but they walked up the slope to the Lake, round the Lake, down the steps and round the Picnic area.

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We all crossed the Stone Bridge, the main group heading for Walkers Wood but the short walk group headed up Snake Hill

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We walked along the Cycle Track.  Here we are well on our way to walking

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over the M6 Bridge

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If you close your eyes it can sound like waves lapping on the shore

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Now over the Bridge and heading for Outer Mongolia.

We walked under the M65 and entered the north area of the Park, sometimes called the Dark Side but today it's Outer Mongolia.

We walked along the top but soon crossed the field to pick up the path lower down then walking along the bottom and climbing back up to leave the Park and retrace our steps towards the Stone Bridge.

We reached the fork in the path, keeping right, and walked up Snake Hill back to the Barn

The short walk group, when they passed through the kissing gate, walked round the south side of the Hall back to the Barn.

Today's walks (Red Main Group, Green Short Walk Group)

Today's walkers

Main Walk - Bernadette, Carmel, Colin C, Colin D, David H, Graham, James, Joe H, Joe Mc, John W, Margaret W, Maureen Mc, Michael S, Paul F and Walter

Short Walk Group - Ann S, Carol R, Jennifer, Norman, Peter and Suzie

Cinder Path

Cuerden Valley's Health Walk

The Chorley Walks.