Health Walk - Thursday 15th February 2018
Photos by Amanda & Michael S - Please click on photos to see a larger one
Today we had Thirty-two walkers who were rewarded with a lovely sunny walk although there was a strong cold wind and lots of mud
Margaret W led the main walk with John W back marking. Colin C led the Elite group with Ann S back marking.
Margaret took us round the back and along the sunny side of the Hall
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The gate on the east side of the Hall
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We are going down Snake Hill, you can just see the Elite group in front of us, they had gone direct to Snake Hill from the Barn. They paused to let us past.
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The Hall from the path above
We crossed the Stone Bridge and walked along the bottom of the Dam and climbed up to the Lake. The Elite walkers had turned up to Bikers Hill and walked through Walkers Wood before returning down Bikers Hill to the Stone Bridge and walked up the Slope beside the Lake to climb up into Dog Kennel Wood.
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The white goose and its partner on the Island
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We walked round the Lake and climbed up the steps into the Field to join Cam Lane
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Walking along Cam Lane
We passed Hawksclough Farmhouse, hidden on the left, continuing along Cam Lane past the Ponderosa dropping down into Green Wood. The steps and the path at the bottom are like a quagmire
We continued anti-clockwise round the wood until we got back to Cam Lane walking along the Filed and down through the Kissing Gate
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Here four of us elected to go straight back over the Stone Bridge and up Snake Hill back to the Barn.
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The rest of us walked up into Dog Kennel Wood following the Elite walkers
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The new plantation on the left planted with help from the EU
We came into Gravel Hole Wood leaving to cross the Wooden Bridge and followed the Elite walkers up Cardiac Hill into the Pinetum and back to the Barn
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Snowdrops off the path alongside the Walled Orchard
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The sculpture on the right as we left the Pinetum. How many of you have seen it and know where it is?
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I got Suzi to take this photo of the five walkers who were on the first walk in October 2010. Jacqueline has moved to Yorkshire but she still comes back to walk with us now and then
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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 >>.
Today's walkers
Main Walk - Amanda, Barry, Bernadette, Carmel, Colin D, David H, Edward, Eileen P, Geoff, Graham, Helen G, James Mc, Janet S, John W, Kerry, Margaret W, Michael S, Moira, Monica, & Yvonne and Paddy, Geoff's dog
Short Walk Group - Ann S, Carole, Chris, Colin C, Carol R, Dianne, Jacqueline, Karin, Mary, Muriel, Norman & Suzi
Compiled by Michael Swarbrick
Cinder Path Cuerden Hall Hawksclough Farmhouse Cam Lane Lower Kem Mill
The Chorley Walks.
