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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 sugar is made from Beet.     http://www.sucrose.com/lbeet.html


Granthams Bridge
On the towpath
Field of Sugar Beet
Coffee Break
Oughtrington
St Mary's Church Lymm
Lymm Dam
Cormorants drying out. Lymm Dam

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