Saturday 18 November 2017
Carol, Hilary, Donna + Tracey
Monday, 11 December 2017
The Hayhurst Arms Moulton and River Weaver Trail
Saturday 14 October 6 miles
Carol, Hilary and Tracey
Jane had a cup of tea as well at the Hayhurst sitting in the sunshine.
Carol, Hilary and Tracey
Jane had a cup of tea as well at the Hayhurst sitting in the sunshine.
Sunday, 17 September 2017
Lower Withington
Saturday 16 September 2017 6.5 miles
Tracey, Donna, Hilary and Carol
A lovely sunny day with a bit of cloud at the end of the walk.
Holmes Chapel Deli and Coffee shop for tea and cake. Jane joined for a cup of tea (on 1 crutch now).
Tracey, Donna, Hilary and Carol
A lovely sunny day with a bit of cloud at the end of the walk.
Holmes Chapel Deli and Coffee shop for tea and cake. Jane joined for a cup of tea (on 1 crutch now).
Get together
Saturday 9 September 2017
The Hayhurst Arms for John's Birthday.
We were in the Private Dining Room with the round table, an excellent place to have a meal.
The Hayhurst Arms for John's Birthday.
We were in the Private Dining Room with the round table, an excellent place to have a meal.
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Acton and 'the Shroppie'
Saturday 19 August 2017 5.5 miles
Donna and Hilary
Donna and Hilary managed to avoid the rain. It rained before and after the walk.
Met up with Jane (on her crutches) at the Hopley House Cafe.
Donna and Hilary
Donna and Hilary managed to avoid the rain. It rained before and after the walk.
Met up with Jane (on her crutches) at the Hopley House Cafe.
Monday, 31 July 2017
Rawhead
Saturday 15 July 2017 5.5 miles
Hilary, Jane + Carol
We parked by the Church in Harthill went passed the cookery school and along Garden Lane. We then climbed the hill, at the top we chatted for quite a while, appreciated the view and the blue sky. There were people boarding on the hill below us.
Eventually we continued the walk and went through the trees crossed the road and continued to Rawhead. We sat on the bench admiring the view and talking, we decided we might as well have lunch even though it was a bit early. We continued chatting as it was a really nice place to stop.
We continued down through the woods, and passed Chiflik Farm, a really pretty sandstone building with an unusual name. We walked to the A534 and Gallantry Bank, and on to Bickerton Church leaving the road here to climb up to Bickerton Hill. From the hills we could see the views over the Cheshire countryside.
At the top we followed the main path but when I looked at the directions we needed to drop down the side of the hill, we found the path and continued. round to Brown Knowl and back to the A534. We started up the hill on the other side of the road, it seemed to go up a long way.
Hilary, Jane + Carol
We parked by the Church in Harthill went passed the cookery school and along Garden Lane. We then climbed the hill, at the top we chatted for quite a while, appreciated the view and the blue sky. There were people boarding on the hill below us.
Eventually we continued the walk and went through the trees crossed the road and continued to Rawhead. We sat on the bench admiring the view and talking, we decided we might as well have lunch even though it was a bit early. We continued chatting as it was a really nice place to stop.
We continued down through the woods, and passed Chiflik Farm, a really pretty sandstone building with an unusual name. We walked to the A534 and Gallantry Bank, and on to Bickerton Church leaving the road here to climb up to Bickerton Hill. From the hills we could see the views over the Cheshire countryside.
At the top we followed the main path but when I looked at the directions we needed to drop down the side of the hill, we found the path and continued. round to Brown Knowl and back to the A534. We started up the hill on the other side of the road, it seemed to go up a long way.
Friday, 30 June 2017
Sandbach Flashes and The River Wheelock
Saturday 24 June 2017 6 miles
Jane, John and Helen
The weather had been very hot but had changed to rain. This meant it was a bit cooler for the walk, better for me at least.
It is always interesting to walk close to home and to find different aspects in the Cheshire countryside.
We walked from the Bear's Paw up the road to Crabmill Lane and then out across the fields, we joined a number of green lanes. We joined the road again it dropped to cross Warmingham Flash and I hadn't realised how big the flash was. We went over a small flash as well. We then crossed some fields with the rain just drizzling a little, then went onto the lane and passed a farm house. We realised that we had gone down the lane hadn't noticed the path for the 'swampy woodland'.
We returned to the 'swampy woodland' path, the name suggests that it would be very wet but as it hadn't rained all week (until today!) we thought we would give it a try. The grass on the path at the beginning had been mowed, but we soon got to the more overgrown stuff, there were plenty of nettles and brambles, and some trees had fallen down. The first couple of trees we could step over but the third tree was bigger and higher off the ground. It was not high enough for us to crawl under nor low enough for us to step over, it was a bit of a climbing job. Helen went first clambering over, then I followed in her footsteps, but trying to jump down on the other side was a bit of a problem. If you jump off a curved surface you do not go straight down, in fact the jump sends you under the tree! I managed to stay upright. John was behind me and on trying to jump down caught his foot in the ivy growing across the tree and nearly landed head first on to the path, fortunately he succeeded in not falling face down on the path although it was very close call. The situation made Helen and I laugh - even though the outcome could have been very different!
We continued through the wood to the lane and then joined the Trent and Mersey Canal. We followed the towpath until we went under a road bridge and between it and the railway bridge was a wall that looked like it could have been a bridge at some time. After the railway bridge we left the towpath to follow the railway for about half a mile. We saw buzzards and butterflies along this path. The River Wheelock looked like a small and quiet stream, but as it goes under the railway line there are huge pipes showing that the river needs plenty of space for the water at times.
On coming to the road we passed some more flashes. I did not realise that I had an old copy of the walk which sent us up a farm lane, the old lady who came out of the farmhouse was a bit cross, and told us there was another route. We soon returned down the lane, along the road a bit and found a footpath across the fields which lead behind the farmhouse rather than in front of it.. There were cows in the field with calves so we were very careful.
There were more flashes to pass and the entrance to Elton Hall and across the fields to follow the River Wheelock. The banks of the river were quite overgrown and the river pretty low so we could only see it in a few places. Soon we were crossing fields again and came out onto Warmingham Lane, and we returned to the Bear's Paw where we had some lunch. The pub was busy but they managed to find us a table.
Jane, John and Helen
The weather had been very hot but had changed to rain. This meant it was a bit cooler for the walk, better for me at least.
It is always interesting to walk close to home and to find different aspects in the Cheshire countryside.
We walked from the Bear's Paw up the road to Crabmill Lane and then out across the fields, we joined a number of green lanes. We joined the road again it dropped to cross Warmingham Flash and I hadn't realised how big the flash was. We went over a small flash as well. We then crossed some fields with the rain just drizzling a little, then went onto the lane and passed a farm house. We realised that we had gone down the lane hadn't noticed the path for the 'swampy woodland'.
We returned to the 'swampy woodland' path, the name suggests that it would be very wet but as it hadn't rained all week (until today!) we thought we would give it a try. The grass on the path at the beginning had been mowed, but we soon got to the more overgrown stuff, there were plenty of nettles and brambles, and some trees had fallen down. The first couple of trees we could step over but the third tree was bigger and higher off the ground. It was not high enough for us to crawl under nor low enough for us to step over, it was a bit of a climbing job. Helen went first clambering over, then I followed in her footsteps, but trying to jump down on the other side was a bit of a problem. If you jump off a curved surface you do not go straight down, in fact the jump sends you under the tree! I managed to stay upright. John was behind me and on trying to jump down caught his foot in the ivy growing across the tree and nearly landed head first on to the path, fortunately he succeeded in not falling face down on the path although it was very close call. The situation made Helen and I laugh - even though the outcome could have been very different!
We continued through the wood to the lane and then joined the Trent and Mersey Canal. We followed the towpath until we went under a road bridge and between it and the railway bridge was a wall that looked like it could have been a bridge at some time. After the railway bridge we left the towpath to follow the railway for about half a mile. We saw buzzards and butterflies along this path. The River Wheelock looked like a small and quiet stream, but as it goes under the railway line there are huge pipes showing that the river needs plenty of space for the water at times.
On coming to the road we passed some more flashes. I did not realise that I had an old copy of the walk which sent us up a farm lane, the old lady who came out of the farmhouse was a bit cross, and told us there was another route. We soon returned down the lane, along the road a bit and found a footpath across the fields which lead behind the farmhouse rather than in front of it.. There were cows in the field with calves so we were very careful.
There were more flashes to pass and the entrance to Elton Hall and across the fields to follow the River Wheelock. The banks of the river were quite overgrown and the river pretty low so we could only see it in a few places. Soon we were crossing fields again and came out onto Warmingham Lane, and we returned to the Bear's Paw where we had some lunch. The pub was busy but they managed to find us a table.
Get Together
Saturday 10 June 2017
BBQ at Carol and Phil's house.
All ten of us were able to get together. We sat outside, considering it had been raining most of the day that was a surprise.
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Llanddulas Weekend MK 4
Llanddulas Weekend MK 4
Donna, Tracey + Hilary
Saturday 20 May 11 miles
We left Cheshire around 9.30 am and stopped of at Tesco in Abergele for an easy to do £10 Tesco meal for tea, at which point it was throwing it down.
We went to Donna's lovely abode in Llanddulas and unpacked the food, wine and overnight stuff, had a cup of tea and then off to the West Shore at Llandudno.. We emerged from the car and it had stopped raining, yippee!
We started walking at 11.15 am and walked along the coast passing the lovely Quay hotel in Deganwy then by Conway Castle and the smallest house in Great Britain in Conway. Then on to Penmaenmawr where we had a well earned cuppa at the cafe by the beach, we stopped at the cafe at 5.15 pm. We then climbed the steep hill in Penmaenmawr to the bus stop and went back to Llandudno and to Donna's to relax and have tea.
Total mileage 11 miles.
Sunday 21 May
Sunday we walked to the cafe along the coast, yum. Then back to Cheshire, we stopped at Sandymere which was an NGS open garden, home of John Timpson. Stunning gardens then home
A lovely couple of days, thank you very much.
Hilary
Donna, Tracey + Hilary
Saturday 20 May 11 miles
We went to Donna's lovely abode in Llanddulas and unpacked the food, wine and overnight stuff, had a cup of tea and then off to the West Shore at Llandudno.. We emerged from the car and it had stopped raining, yippee!
We started walking at 11.15 am and walked along the coast passing the lovely Quay hotel in Deganwy then by Conway Castle and the smallest house in Great Britain in Conway. Then on to Penmaenmawr where we had a well earned cuppa at the cafe by the beach, we stopped at the cafe at 5.15 pm. We then climbed the steep hill in Penmaenmawr to the bus stop and went back to Llandudno and to Donna's to relax and have tea.
Total mileage 11 miles.
Sunday 21 May
Sunday we walked to the cafe along the coast, yum. Then back to Cheshire, we stopped at Sandymere which was an NGS open garden, home of John Timpson. Stunning gardens then home
A lovely couple of days, thank you very much.
Hilary
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Kettleshulme
Saturday 8 April 2017 7 miles
Hilary + Jane
Lovely and sunny.
As we reached the lane Hilary zipped off the trouser legs, tea shirt and shorts weather for Hilary. A group of walkers passed us.
From the lane we climbed shortly to a gate, then off to the right to another gate, it was a wrought iron gate a little incongruous out in the countryside. There was a slope to the left going upwards we decided to go to the top to see the view. The group of walkers were on the other side of the wall. We then needed to look for a tree with a big yellow arrow on it, but we couldn't see them. When we went to the bottom by the stone walls there was a yellow arrow sign tucked into the wall, presumably the tree doesn't exist anymore. We went around the walls and into the woodland. The path wasn't very clear, the gradual slope upwards brought us to another path, where a gentleman from the walking group was trying to have a pee behind a wall.
There was a bit of a climb up to Taxal Edge, but the view from the top was lovely. As we stood and looked at the view the walking group passed us, one lady had decided to turn back she was fed up of being at the back and never being given the chance to get her breathe before the front walkers started again.
People were climbing the Windgather Rocks, there were plenty of cars parked on the road below.
We walked along the ridge, the walking group had stopped in the shelter of a wall to have their lunch. We continued looking for somewhere to stop and eat. The area was more exposed as we got to the car park, so we continued down a steep bit of road, with cyclists challenging themselves to stay on the bike.
We went through a gate and sat at the edge of the field and had our lunch overlooking the valley. There was a bit o a cool breeze coming through the gate but there was a lovely view, rather then sitting by the road.
By Jenkins Church we met an Australian couple who live in Derby. One of them was born in the UK and the other in Australia. They were doing a 12 mile walk. They were very chatty and told us they vote to leave Europe.
In places it was not easy to follow the directions. We started across a field because the arrow was pointing that way but in the end had to walk through a gate across that field and onto the lane (we could have been on the lane from the beginning!)
We crossed a stream then passed by a variety of barns and up to the farmhouse, then the instructions said to follow some steps, but these hardly existed and the hedge was in the way. We crossed the stream again but a tree had fallen at the end of it, but a path had been made through the branches.
Also met an American man who has settled in the Peak District after travelling the world. We mainly got to chat with him because his dog kept following us.
Went to the Swan Inn in Kettleshulme, I had tea and raspberry pavlova ice cream, and Hilary had coke and a bowl of chips!
Hilary + Jane
Lovely and sunny.
As we reached the lane Hilary zipped off the trouser legs, tea shirt and shorts weather for Hilary. A group of walkers passed us.
From the lane we climbed shortly to a gate, then off to the right to another gate, it was a wrought iron gate a little incongruous out in the countryside. There was a slope to the left going upwards we decided to go to the top to see the view. The group of walkers were on the other side of the wall. We then needed to look for a tree with a big yellow arrow on it, but we couldn't see them. When we went to the bottom by the stone walls there was a yellow arrow sign tucked into the wall, presumably the tree doesn't exist anymore. We went around the walls and into the woodland. The path wasn't very clear, the gradual slope upwards brought us to another path, where a gentleman from the walking group was trying to have a pee behind a wall.
There was a bit of a climb up to Taxal Edge, but the view from the top was lovely. As we stood and looked at the view the walking group passed us, one lady had decided to turn back she was fed up of being at the back and never being given the chance to get her breathe before the front walkers started again.
People were climbing the Windgather Rocks, there were plenty of cars parked on the road below.
We walked along the ridge, the walking group had stopped in the shelter of a wall to have their lunch. We continued looking for somewhere to stop and eat. The area was more exposed as we got to the car park, so we continued down a steep bit of road, with cyclists challenging themselves to stay on the bike.
We went through a gate and sat at the edge of the field and had our lunch overlooking the valley. There was a bit o a cool breeze coming through the gate but there was a lovely view, rather then sitting by the road.
By Jenkins Church we met an Australian couple who live in Derby. One of them was born in the UK and the other in Australia. They were doing a 12 mile walk. They were very chatty and told us they vote to leave Europe.
In places it was not easy to follow the directions. We started across a field because the arrow was pointing that way but in the end had to walk through a gate across that field and onto the lane (we could have been on the lane from the beginning!)
We crossed a stream then passed by a variety of barns and up to the farmhouse, then the instructions said to follow some steps, but these hardly existed and the hedge was in the way. We crossed the stream again but a tree had fallen at the end of it, but a path had been made through the branches.
Also met an American man who has settled in the Peak District after travelling the world. We mainly got to chat with him because his dog kept following us.
Went to the Swan Inn in Kettleshulme, I had tea and raspberry pavlova ice cream, and Hilary had coke and a bowl of chips!
Friday, 31 March 2017
Frodsham
Saturday 18 March 2017 6 miles
Jane, Tracey, Donna + Hilary
Rain was forecast, and the rain came - early though. I thought we might have completed most of the walk before the rain started as the forecast was rain at about 1 pm but it started at 11 am. So we got a little wet.
After parking in Kingsway, Frodsham we had a discussion about putting on waterproofs at the beginning but we decided not to put them on.
Sunday, 19 February 2017
Year Eleven Summary
Walk 1: March 19 2016 Higher Burwardsley 6.5 miles Tracey, Jane and Hilary
Walk 2: April 9 2016 Wilmslow to
Mottram Bridge 7.5 miles Jane and Hilary
Walk 3: May 7 2016 Little Paxton Tracey, Jane, Hilary and Donna
Walk 4: June 4
2016 Goostrey 4.5 miles Carol, Hilary, Donna, Tracey and Jane
Walk 5: July 2 2016 The Great Orme Donna, Tracey, Jane and Hilary
Walk 6: August 6 2016 Jane and Helen
Walk 7: September 10 2016 Bridgemere Hilary, Tracey Jane and Carol
Walk 8: October 8 2016 The Hayhurst Arms, Moulton and River Weaver Hilary, Tracey and Jane
Walk 9: November 5 2016 Delamere 5.5 miles Jane and John
Walk 10: November 26 2016 5 miles Lyme Park and the
Macclesfield Canal Hilary and Jane
Walk 11: January 21 2017 6.8 miles The Northwich Woodlands
+ planning Jane, Tracey,
Donna and Hilary
Walk 12:
February 18
2017 6.8 miles Preston
on the Hill Tracey, Jane, Donna, Hilary and Carol
Preston on the Hill and the Lewis Carroll birthplace
Saturday 18 February 2017 6.8 miles
Tracey, Jane, Donna, Hilary and Carol
On the journey to Dutton here was a bit of a queue at the Acton Bridge road works.
The writer of the walk commented that ' a quieter walk would be hard to find', we would have to agree with that. At times we could hear the motorway but for the most part we saw very few people and really enjoyed the walk.
The walk had two possible starting places, The Tunnel Top or Preston on the Hill, we decided to find Preston on the Hill as the car park at the pub was quite small. It took a little time to find the village.
We parked on the road by the pump, turned into Summer lane, headed across the fields. Then walked along Higher Lane, passed parking places and walked up the narrow path alongside Morphany Lane. This brought us to a wooded area and a path to follow with information boards. This was the birthplace of Charles Dodgson. It was interesting to see the ground level brick outline depicting where the original building once stood, unfortunately the parsonage was destroyed by fire over 100 years ago. We tried to work out what the rooms would have been used for but some were quite small so we weren't sure. We looked at the well with the interesting cover . We retraced our steps at this point and continued our walk.
We went over the fields to the A533 which we crossed and joined the Trent and Mersey Canal.
As we approached the southern end of the Preston Brook Tunnel we could see daylight at the other end. The tunnel is 1239 yards long. The signs fon the Trent and Mersey Canal all have measurements from Preston Brook so now we know where that is.
We walked along a road to the A533 Northwich Road, crossed it to the Tunnel Top pub, now we know why it is called that. The track continued until we came to the northern end of the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Preston Brook Tunnel. Where the tunnel finishes the Bridgewater Canal starts - the Preston Brook Branch. WE couldn't see into the tunnel at this point.
We continued along the canal until we met the A56, then went up Hill Top Road and back to the car.
Weaver Vale Garden Centre for tea and cakes and a wander around.
Tracey, Jane, Donna, Hilary and Carol
On the journey to Dutton here was a bit of a queue at the Acton Bridge road works.
The writer of the walk commented that ' a quieter walk would be hard to find', we would have to agree with that. At times we could hear the motorway but for the most part we saw very few people and really enjoyed the walk.
The walk had two possible starting places, The Tunnel Top or Preston on the Hill, we decided to find Preston on the Hill as the car park at the pub was quite small. It took a little time to find the village.
We parked on the road by the pump, turned into Summer lane, headed across the fields. Then walked along Higher Lane, passed parking places and walked up the narrow path alongside Morphany Lane. This brought us to a wooded area and a path to follow with information boards. This was the birthplace of Charles Dodgson. It was interesting to see the ground level brick outline depicting where the original building once stood, unfortunately the parsonage was destroyed by fire over 100 years ago. We tried to work out what the rooms would have been used for but some were quite small so we weren't sure. We looked at the well with the interesting cover . We retraced our steps at this point and continued our walk.
We went over the fields to the A533 which we crossed and joined the Trent and Mersey Canal.
As we approached the southern end of the Preston Brook Tunnel we could see daylight at the other end. The tunnel is 1239 yards long. The signs fon the Trent and Mersey Canal all have measurements from Preston Brook so now we know where that is.
We walked along a road to the A533 Northwich Road, crossed it to the Tunnel Top pub, now we know why it is called that. The track continued until we came to the northern end of the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Preston Brook Tunnel. Where the tunnel finishes the Bridgewater Canal starts - the Preston Brook Branch. WE couldn't see into the tunnel at this point.
We continued along the canal until we met the A56, then went up Hill Top Road and back to the car.
Weaver Vale Garden Centre for tea and cakes and a wander around.
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
The Northwich Woodlands + planning
Saturday 21 January 2017 6.8 miles
Jane, Tracey, Donna and Hilary
We were dropped off at the car park on the Old Warrington Road car park.
Visited the Boat lift building for a toilet stop, and sat on the bench outside and ate our sandwiches.
Dog!
A stop was required so we chose to have a cup of tea and a cake at Kanya in Northwich and did our planning for the next year.
We continued to try and walk along the river, sometimes we had to go on streets as there was no path.
We were picked up again on London Road A533 at the end of The Crescent near Weaver Hall Museum.
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