Health Walk - Thursday 20th April 2017
Photos by Michael & Linda P - Please click on photos to see a larger one
Today we had thirty walkers. It was a pleasant morning but the sun didn't break through.
Margaret W was leading the main walk, John W was back marker.
Suzie was leading the short walk option without a back marker, only four today.
Margaret warned us that we would be crossing roads and to be very careful.
She took us into the Pinetum and down Cardiac Hill to the Wooden Bridge. We crossed the Wooden Bridge and walked up into Gravel Hole Wood
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Linda captured some of the many Bluebells which are widespread but not dense - perhaps David B will take us into some spectacular places on Saturday
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We emerged from Dog Kennel Wood turning right through the Kissing Gate and walked up into the field to Hawks Clough
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Here Linda snapped Michael, to use Linda's words "a rare sighting on camera of the Lesser Spotted Michael Swarbrick", she doesn't realise how true her description is.
We walked up to Cam Lane past the Ponderosa
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and walked along Cam Lane
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Another one!
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Elephant's Foot funghi
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Dead Daffodils?
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We reached the end of Cam Lane and John is making sure we all cross the road safely and then we walked down Sheep Hill
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to the bottom of Town Brow where again Margaret and John are seeing us safely across the road back into the Park
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We followed the Cycle Track all the way to the Picnic Area where the Rangers are
installing new Picnic Tables.
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We crossed the Stone Bridge and walked up Snake Hill back to the Barn passing the new building.
Sue designed a route for the Short Option Walkers without too many hills to satisfy the needs of the four walkers.
They turned left out of the Barn and walked past the former Sue Ryder cafe across the car park into James Walk among the bluebells. They came off the walk and crossed Sue Ryder's Drive into Cuerden Close, through the wood back to Berkeley Drive and entered the Pinetum. They walked up to the Viewing Area, down the steps, crossing to walk up the side of the Pinetum past the new building. From there they walked along the south side of the Hall and back to the Barn.
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Today's walks (Red Main Group, Green Short Walk Option Group)
Today's walkers
Main Walk - Anne, Bernadette, Bill, Brian C, Brenda C, Carmel, Colin C, Colin D, Carol W, David H, Elizabeth M, Graham, Helen G, James, Janet S, Joe H, Joe Mc, John W, Keith, Linda P, Margaret W, Maureen Mc, Michael S, Otis, Sandy, Vic and Yvonne
Short Walk Group - Ann, Carol R, Norman and Suzie
The Chorley Walks.
