Health Walk - Thursday 7th May

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

Again no Health walks allowed today.

Started from the Berkeley Drive Car Park and walked down

Photo 1                                                                  Photo 2                                              Photo 3   
Snake Hill.  The trees look wonderful to me, all the different greens, but I don't seem to be able to capture them

Photo 4                                                               Photo 5                                                 Photo 6
Ten Canada Geese

Photo 7
goslings today!

Photo 8                                                           Photo 9
Two Herons on the edge of the Lake and one in the trees

Photo 10                                                                Photo 11
A Heron is on the nest today.

We walked up to Hawks Clough into Green Wood to

Photo 12
the closed bridge - curiousity.  It's looking like it will be closed for while as I believe a grant will be applied for to replace it.

We back-tracked and walked up the steps to find a way round, there is one but we ended up at the Sports Centre so we had to go back the right way then come back again to confirm we knew which way it was

Photo 13                                                           Photo 14                                                   Photo 15
Finally on the right track

Photo 16
A Map My Walk version of our tooings and froings.

Into Green Wood again, across Cam Lane, the Cow Field and along the Cycle Path to the Covert Pond where we turned back

Photo 17
along Michael's walk

Photo 18
A flood defence partial dam to slow the downstream flow when thee's too much water in the river

Photo 19                                                          Photo 20                                                   Photo 21
Out on to the Cycle Path, over the Wooden Bridge, up Cardiac Hill

Photo 22                                                          Photo 23
into the Pinetum and back to the car.

Today's walk

Compiled by Michael Swarbrick with grateful thanks to Jimmy for finding me and walking with me.

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
Tree Sculpture
Park
Pinetum
Ponderosa
Visitors Centre