Beeston Castle and the Peckforton Hills

Beeston Castle and the Peckforton Hills - Saturday 14th November

On a wet Saturday morning with more rain in the forecast eight of us assembled at Beeston Castle for a ramble through the Peckforton Hills and to the top of Bulkeley Hill. Fortunately the weather stayed fine for much of the morning and we all appreciated a good healthy walk with fine views across Cheshire.Lunch time found us in the Pheasant Inn in Burwardsley where we enjoyed a good lunch before returning to Beeston Castle. Thanks to Mike and Judith for organising the day.

Ready for the off

Muddy going on path to Peckforton Hills

Beeston Castle

View across Cheshire Plain towards Ellesmere Port

Coffee time

Shall we go that way?

Cheshire Plain through the trees on Bulkeley Hill

Made it to the top!

Peckforton Hills from Bulkeley Hill

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Birtle - Saturday 11th February 2017

The first walk of the 2017 season started from the Pack Horse Inn, Birtle on the lower slopes of the Pennines above Heywood. On a cold wet windy Saturday we set off from the Inn to follow the road north on a long steady climb to the hamlet of Birtle where we then turned to follow the path along the edge of Ashworth Valley. Unfortunately from the top the views over Lancashire were obscured by cloud and mist but the views of the wooded valley with Cheesden Brook running through provided some compensation.

We made a detour from the route to visit Nabs Wife the site of the former Tea room and weaving mill known as Kershaws Bridge. The site is now occupied by a private dwelling although the old mill yard is still evident. From here we continued along the edge of the valley before turning to take the path across fields to return to the start point and a long leisurely lunch in the pub!

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Slapton Ley Circular - July 2013

There was a disappointing turn out for the walk around Slapton Ley organised by the South West Branch of our group. Only one member turned up but undaunted I set out on the 5 mile ramble around the Ley.
The walk starts from the Memorial Car Park on Slapton Sands and you immediately pass the War Memorial dedicated to the American servicemen killed in Operation Tiger whilst practising for the D Day landings in 1944. From here I followed the path on the west side of the Ley which follows the shoreline and is a naturalist’s paradise. On the Ley there are birds to be spotted, at the pond dipping areas fish and dragon flies and in the vegetation butterflies, insects, plants and ferns.
At the end of this stretch the path turns onto a boardwalk which takes you across the reed beds to the northern bank, the ramble then continues along the bank of one of the many feeder streams. On this section there are tits, reed warblers and numerous other small birds amongst the high reed beds and along the b…

Our last walk - Saturday 20th October

Lymm - Byeways and canals

On a sunny Saturday morning eight of us set off from the Henry St car park in the centre of Lymm for a walk around the surrounding countryside. For the first leg of the route we followed the tow path of the Bridgewater Canal heading towards Manchester. After about 1.5 miles we left the path to join the B5159 which took us under the canal. After continuing along the road for about half a mile we reached a stile on the left which took us into a field of sugar beet where we made a stop for a coffee break.
The path then continued along the sides of the field and eventually we entered Spud Wood. After a short walk through the trees the route followed along the byeways of Lymm until we finally arrived at St Mary's church.
From here we joined the pathway to walk around Lymm Dam and finally back to our start in Lymm.The walk was about 5 miles and there is plenty of interesting scenery and wildlife along the track.
Lunch was at the Spread Eagle in Lymm.
How sug…

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