Health Walk - Thursday 25th April 2019   

Photos by Carol, Bernadette & Sheila T - Please click on photos to see a larger one!

Sheila:  "A chilly start but we warmed up as we walked today.  Main group of eleven today led by Sheila, back marked by Lawrence plus one baby.  John B led the Elite group of sixteen back marked by Colin. "

Sheila led the main group down Snake Hill and over the Stone Bridge

                                           
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along the path and

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up into Dog Kennel Wood

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Some of the Walkers

                     
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over the WI Bridge in Gravel Hole Wood

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pausing to look into the Cow Field, lots of cows and young bulls. Walking down to the Cycle Track

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and along to just past the Covert Pond where Sheila took them into the field and along the river,

          
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to and through the Town Brow Car Park, across the road

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up Sheep Hill Lane to enter Sheep Hill Wood

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will it rain?

                     
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to rest at the Viewing Platform admiring the view.

Keeping left along the path to Glenmore, back into Sheep Hill Lane, across the road into Cam Lane along

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passed the Ponderosa, aka Cam Lane Cottage, to Hawks Clough along the Field and down the steps

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to the Lake

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the west bank looking naked without the scrub

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Bluebells on the Dam, down the Slope

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to the Stone Bridge and back up Snake Hill

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with Sheila's tree on the right

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back to the Visitors Centre

The Elite group went down Snake Hill but immediately turned up the path to the Hall,

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Sheila's tree,

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to cross in front of Hall,

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left then left around the barn to reach Barclay Drive.

Cut across towards Walled Orchard, up the slope to the Viewing Area and down steps to join Cardiac Hill just above Monkey Puzzle tree.

Down Cardiac, right along the Cycle Path,

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left up through Gravel Hole and Dog Kennel woods

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Leaving Dog Kennel Wood

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to go round the west side of lake.

They spotted a heron with a long strand of something - possibly for the nest. Second Heron in nest.  Down long steps, back to ascend Snake Hill from a Stone Bridge full of pond dippers, 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 >>.

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick

Barn
Cam Lane
Cam Lane Cottage
The Chorley Walks
Cinder Path
Cock Cabin Wood
Cuerden Hall
Cuerden Valley's Health Walk
Hawksclough Farmhouse
Jenny Greenteeth
Park
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Tree Sculpture
Visitors Centre