Saturday 19 April 6.5 miles
Organised walk - about 25 people
A grey day with a cold wind, but the rain stayed away.
We didn't have to think about the walk very much as we were being lead by others. It was interesting to have things pointed out to us as we walked along because they are aspects of the landscape that you wouldn't know about unless you were a local historian.
The Roman Road, Watling Street,ran through this area with a fork going off it to Middlewich for the salt. Kelsborrow Castle and Eddisbury Castle were hill forts. going to the top of Eddisbury Hill you could see an almost 360 degree view. It was a bit misty but the view was still great.
We walked from the forest past Kelsborrow Castle down to Little Switzerland. We even had a bit of a hill to walk up - there was a cyclist going up and down obviously doing some hill training in Cheshire!!
Had lunch in the forest at the Urchins Kitchen a glacial outflow had carved a passage through the rock. The organisers thought it would be sheltered there but the cold wind was coming from the wrong direction. We didn't stop for lunch too long.
Kelsall Hill Farm was hosting a horse event, so there were lots of horse boxes and we could hear someone speaking on the tannoy.
I enjoyed the walk, being out in the countryside.
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