Smiths Lane to Booths Mere

Saturday 7 September 8.5- 8.8 miles?

Tracey, Carol and Jane

6 mile walk +  walk from parking place to start and back 1.3 miles, + between 1.2 - 1.5 miles trying to find our way through the woods and back onto the right road = approximately 8.5 - 8.8 miles!

It was difficult to find anywhere to park along Smiths Lane, so we went to the station and there was a space. Crossed the level crossing turned left onto Smiths Lane to find the start of the walk.

We found the stile in the hedge by Smith Lane Farm and went across the fields and over the train line. As we walked away from the line a Drax train passed. There were also planes flying overhead.

Having crossed Broadoak Lane we came to the industrial estate, and on Parkgate Lane we passed the post office delivery centre. A postman said hello to us. We turned left onto Mobberley Road, and longed along the road until we came to Shaw Drive. We went through the woods by the children's playing field (where there were some children playing) from one estate to another, turning left on Boothfields.

From Longridge we were to cross the heathland, we followed the path which was through wood land, we didn't manage to find Booths Mere nor did we manage to find our way out of the woods in the right place, we ended up finding our way back to Longridge. We had tried to sit on a log to eat our lunch but a lot of flies came around so we didn't stay there.

We had our lunch sitting on a bench by the bus stop on Longridge, it was also by the park. There were children playing in the garden of a nearby house but not on the playground. We could see a person in the distance throwing a ball but we couldn't see the dog to start with.

We then made our way by road back to our route. We went by Mobberley Road, then Ryecroft Lane and meet two big tractors with trailers with bails on the corner of Pavement Lane. We followed the lane to Pavement Farm an then zigzagged on to the track that is still called Pavement Lane.

We passed along the edge of fields of corn, we came to a stile passed it, the path was difficult to find so we went back to the stile and went over it, we decided to continue along side the fields of corn so we climbed back over the stile. This is where we went too far.

We knew we needed to head north here and so we headed for the church. We could see cricket being played. We returned to the main road, crossed it then went over the fields to Church Lane. Turned off Church lane at the bend walking alongside the farm. We crossed the fields and as we were near the airport lots of aircraft were going over our heads. We could hear a dog barking, obviously complaining at our presence. Then we headed over the fields to the road, finding Smith Lane and our way back to the station.

Plumley Garden Centre for tea and cake, we had two lemon drizzle cakes and one coffee and walnut cake

Get Together

Saturday 24 August

Birthday Get Together for Hilary

The Hayhurst Arms in the small dining room.

Gawsworth Hall

Friday 26 July

Birthday Get Together

Fleetwood Bac in the Garden Theatre. Good music, good singing, good band.

We had a picnic on the lawn.