Saturday19 October 6.5 miles
Hilary, Donna, Tracey and Jane
Good weather!!! The sun was shining.
We parked at The Hayhurst Arms. As we set off from the Hayhurst there were children playing football on the field. From Brick Kiln Lane we crossed the busy road (A533), and went up Jack Lane, then Niddries Lane, to the end of the tarmac and onto the track leading to the river.
We went under the railway bridge with water flowing along the road and it had carved a deep rut, so deep that I wouldn't want to drive that stretch of road. Then we continued and walked down to the river.
We decided we didn't want to walk across the fields as we thought it would be too muddy so continued along the river to the Blue Bridge. At the Vale
Royal Locks the locks were open to let a boat through. As the river was running so fast the boat disappeared down the eiver quickly. A couple of young men who had opened and closed the locks came passed us.
Continuing our walk along the river we passed under the railway viaduct and along the riverside path for half a mile to the Blue Bridge. Here we took the path up to the road (A556) walking towards Davenham, along Hartford Road and turned on to Mount Pleasant Road.
As we passed some bungalows we noticed quite a few cars coming out of the cul-de-sac and a sign for a playing field and decided to have a look, it was Butchers Stile Playing Field. Whatever games played had finished, and now there were dog walkers. There were benches near the swings, so had lunch sitting in the sunshine.
As we continued down the road and came to the corner and saw a sign for a footpath so we followed it. There was an attractive path alongside the estate which we followed and turned left on a road that went to London Road and then Jack Lane passing the mini roundabout and back to the A533. Crossed and made our way back to The Hayhurst.
We went to Riverside Organic where we had tea and cake (brownies and flapjack).
