Health Walk - Tuesday 18th July 2017

Photos by Michael S & Sandy - Please click on photos if you wish to see a larger one

Forty-five walkers this morning, fifteen opted for the short walk

John W was leading the main walk with Margaret W back marking.   Brian L was leading the Optional Short Walk Group with Suzi back marker.

John outlines his plans and started out for the Cinder Path

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Walking down Sue Ryder Drive

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Emerging from the Cinder Path and checking we are all together then we walked along the Cycle Track

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to Cock Cabin Wood.  Here we are round the pond watching the many Damselflies and a few Dragonflies

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also the fishes, I've been told they are Rudd

We left the Wood and entered Walkers Wood

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crossing the Stone Bridge

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to walk along the bottom of the Dam

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The short option walkers ahead of us - discussing the way ahead?  They had walked in the opposite direction to us into the Pinetum, down Cardiac Hill, over the Wooden Bridge and along the river to the Dam.

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Suzi cutting back the nettles so we can use the right-hand grab rail, looks like she's bitten of more than she bargained for.  This little group let the other short option walkers go on ahead arranging to meet them at the Kissing Gate to go down the slope to the Stone Bridge.  While Suzi attacked the nettles the others attacked the Himalayan Balsam.

From the Stone Bridge they walked up Snake Hill, round the sunny side of the Hall and back to the Barn

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The scene greeting us at the top of the steps.

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We had another photographer who seemed to ignore Margaret's requests to keep up.

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Now what did Sandy imagine this was, Churchill?

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You can just pick out the main group

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The Elite walkers were preceding us round the Lake here Sandy photographed us walking along the shore while they were walking down to the Kissing Gate.

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Another rest at the top of the steps while the 'photgraphers' caught up.

At the Kissing Gate John took us up into Dog Kennel Wood then Gravel Hole Wood, down to the Wooden Bridge, up Cardiac Hill, through the Pinetum and back to the Barn

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Today's walks

Red - main group - 2.8 miles
Green - short 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 >>

Today's walkers:

Main Walk - Anneke, Bernadette, Brian C, Carmel, Carol W, Christine D, Colin D, Edward, Frankie, Graham, James Mc, Joe Mc, John Mc, John W, Keith, Lawrence, Linda E, Margaret W, Marie, Marilyn, Maureen Mc, Michael G, Michael S, Phillip, Susan G, Sylvia, Teresa, Victor & Yvonne.  It was Edward's first walk with us

Short Walk Group - Ann S, Barbara, Brian L, Carol R, Christine S, Clare, Elizabeth B, Elizabeth H, Irene T, John B, Mary, Norman, Pat R, Sandy & Suzi

Cuerden Valley's Health Walk

The Chorley Walk - Find Your Feet scheme.  

Cinder Path

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

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