Health Walk - Tuesday 16th October 2018

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

Today we had forty-nine walkers, twelve of whom did the Elite walk, and Paddy

A lovely dry morning for our walk but sadly no sun to highlight all the autumn colours in their glory.

Carmel led the main walk with James back marker.   Colin C led the short option (Elite) walk with John B back marker.

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Carmel has led the main group up into the Car Park.  Here Colin C is briefing the Elite group before setting off down Snake Hill

Carmel started through the Car Park but turned into the Pinetum to walk down Cardiac Hill

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Michael, already way behind took a short cut into the Pinetum to get these photos but still hasn't captured everyone.  We went down Cardiac Hill and over the Wooden Bridge

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Here we all are with Carmel waiting for the ones at the back, me, to catch up.

Carmel took us up into Gravel Hole Wood, over the Women's Institute Bridge into Dog Kennel Wood, through the Kissing Gate

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onto Cam Lane, along to Hawks Clough and into Green Wood.

We walked round the path clockwise

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Here we are at the highest point

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passed the back of ASDA dropping down

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before climbing back up to Cam Lane and passed the Ponderosa

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The entrance gate, now always closed, supposed to have new owners.  We carried on down Cam Lane on the edge of Green Wood back to Hawks Clough and still on Cam Lane

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we walked down through the Kissing Gate and across the Stone Bridge to walk up Snake Hill back to the Visitors Centre where the smoke tests were still in progress - no Cafe today

The short walkers had returned and already dispersed.  They had set off down Snake Hill, turned left up Bikers Hill, on to walk round Cock Cabin Wood anticlockwise returning down Bikers Hill, crossed the Stone Bridge, walked along the river, Cycle Path, over the Wooden Bridge, up Cardiac Hill into the Pinetum and back to the Visitors Centre.

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 - Ann F, Annette, Barbara, Barry, Brian C, Carmel, Carol W, Christine S, Clare, Colin D, Denise, Elizabeth M, Eric, Geoff & Paddy, Graham, Ilene, Irene S, James, John W, Judy, Julie S, Kath H, Kathryn, Lis, Malcolm, Margaret A, Marilyn, Michael G, Michael S, Roberta, Roseanne, Sheila T, Susan G, Sylvia, Tony, Victoria & Yvonne

Elite group - Colin C, Elizabeth H, Gillian, Jennifer, Joan, John B, Muriel, Pauline G, Shirley, Stephen, Suzi & Vic

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

Cam Lane
Cam Lane Cottage
The Chorley Walks.  
Cinder Path
Cock Cabin Wood
Cuerden Hall
Cuerden Valley's Health Walk
Lower Kem Mill
Hawksclough Farmhouse
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre