Jane and Helen
A lovely day with sunshine and some wind, it is always hard to know how many layers to put on.
We parked at The Horseshoe Inn at Lawton Heath, then crossed the road going down Cherry Lane. We passed the houses joining a narrow lane so we went though a gate to walk in the woods, crossed the Sandbach Road North to join the Salt Line.
The Salt Line is a lovely walk
under the trees that have grown to meet overhead. The shade meant it was cooler here. There were a few
people walking and some running, and also people walking dogs. The Salt Line is the old Sandbach to Wheelock branch of the North Staffordshire Railway line that opened in 1852 to carry coal and limestone to the salt works.
We crossed the Betchton Lane to continue on the Salt Line. We could hear the M6 quite clearly now as we were getting closer to it. We turned of the Salt Line before we reached the M6, followed the field edge and then a track down to Smithy Grove. The instructions mentioned a pink church, I imagined a pink sandstone building but as we came out of the trees a very pink painted church was there in front of us, and very cute it is too.
St Philip's Church (The Pink Church) is a prefabricated building constructed in corrugated galvanised iron, it is referred to as the 'tin tabernacle'. The church is painted pink with white bargeboards. The building originally stood in Crewe Road, Alsager, where it was erected in the early 1880s. In 1894 the construction of a permanent Church of St Mary Magdalene started. the tin tabernacle was sold for £150 and moved to Hassell Green the following year.
We crossed the Betchton Lane to continue on the Salt Line. We could hear the M6 quite clearly now as we were getting closer to it. We turned of the Salt Line before we reached the M6, followed the field edge and then a track down to Smithy Grove. The instructions mentioned a pink church, I imagined a pink sandstone building but as we came out of the trees a very pink painted church was there in front of us, and very cute it is too.
St Philip's Church (The Pink Church) is a prefabricated building constructed in corrugated galvanised iron, it is referred to as the 'tin tabernacle'. The church is painted pink with white bargeboards. The building originally stood in Crewe Road, Alsager, where it was erected in the early 1880s. In 1894 the construction of a permanent Church of St Mary Magdalene started. the tin tabernacle was sold for £150 and moved to Hassell Green the following year.
We walked up the lane to join the Trent and Mersey Canal at lock 57. Then we followed the canal towpath, as we were facing into the sun it was quite warm here. A few boats passed us. We picked some tansy flowers that were growing wild along the path, they dye wool a lovely shade of yellow. There were lots of flowers along the canal especially thistles, the flowers were so high that we were hidden from the canal.
As we reached Rode Heath there were plenty of houses that back and front onto the canal, and as there are no houses across the canal there is a green outlook. The gardens looked lovely in the sunshine. At the Broughton Arms we left the canal to walk down a path with wooden steps, then we crossed a bridge. We could hear the dogs barking at the kennels. We walked down a track and turned right onto Cherry Lane, a few cars passed us on the road. We were soon back at the pub.
As we reached Rode Heath there were plenty of houses that back and front onto the canal, and as there are no houses across the canal there is a green outlook. The gardens looked lovely in the sunshine. At the Broughton Arms we left the canal to walk down a path with wooden steps, then we crossed a bridge. We could hear the dogs barking at the kennels. We walked down a track and turned right onto Cherry Lane, a few cars passed us on the road. We were soon back at the pub.
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