Health Walk - Tuesday 15th May 2018

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

Today we had forty-five walkers and Paddy, Geoff's little dog.  

It was a lovely morning, overcast at first but soon glorious spring sunshine

Frankie led the main walk, shadowed by Lawrence with Irene back marking shadowed by Michael S.  It was the first time that Frankie had led and Irene back marked.  Jen led the short option walk, shadowed by Susan S with Colin C back marking

After her first ever introduction talk Frankie set off down Snake Hill but the Elite walkers went the opposite way into the Pinetum and down Cardiac Hill

Frankie soon left Snake Hill to go round Cuerden Hall and along James' Walk to see the Bluebells.  We scrambled down to the Cinder Path.

Leaving the Cinder Path we walked along the Cycle Track to Cock Cabin Wood, walked round the Pond, leaving the wood we entered Walkers Wood emerging on Bikers Hill to cross over the Stone Bridge and walked

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across the Picnic area.

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up the Long Steps to the Lake.  Is that a Heron perched up in the tree?  Is it a fourth nest?

We carried on round the Lake seeing

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the Heron's nest on the east side of the Island.

We climbed up into the Field and walked down the Field to the Kissing Gate and up into Dog Kennel Wood.

Passing through Dog Kennel Wood over the Clayton-Le-Woods Women's Institute Bridge into Gravel Hole Wood

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Leaving Gravel Hole Wood we descended

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to the Cycle Track, turned right, crossed the Wooden Bridge climbing up Cardiac Hill into the Pinetum where we made a sharp right back up to the Visitors Centre

The Elite walkers descended Cardiac Hill, crossed the Wooden Bridge and climbed up into Gravel Hole Wood going through the woods in the opposite direction to the main group who were to come this way later.

Leaving Dog Kennel Wood they walked along the Lake side to see the Heron's nest

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on the east side of the Island.

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They then retraced their steps and walked round the Lake

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and down the Long Steps

Across the Picnic Area, across the Stone Bridge and up Bikers Hill into Walkers Wood.

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Leaving Walkers Wood they walked down Bikers Hill and up

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Snake Hill.  Suzi stopped to show them the Green Dock Beetle near the Gregson's bench

carrying on back to the Visitors Centre.

Today's walks (Red Main Group, Green Short Walk Option Group).  
The dotted red line shows the short cut from the main group and the dotted green line shows Carmel's deviation from the short walk.
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 - Ann F, Ann K, Brian C, Christine S, Clare, Eric, Frankie, Geoff A, Geoff G & Paddy, Irene S, James Mc, Jim, Joe Mc, John McN, John W, Joyce, Judy, Lawrence, Linda E, Maggie, Malcolm, Margaret W, Marilyn, Michael G, Michael S, Sheila T, Susan G, Sylvia, Tony, Vic, & Yvonne C

Elite group - Ann S, Beth, Carmel, Carol W, Carole B, Colin C, Dianne, Jen, Joan, John B, Julie, Roseanne, Suzi & Zandra

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

Cinder Path                Cuerden Hall          Hawksclough Farmhouse                         Cam Lane             Lower Kem Mill

Cuerden Valley's Health Walk    Cock Cabin Wood     Cam Lane Cottage   Ponderosa

The Chorley Walks.