Around Kelsall

Saturday 10 February 2018 5 miles

Jane, Tracey, Donna and Hilary

The weather started wet and the forecast was for rain to fall all day. Going up into the hills was not going to be a good idea. I looked for other walks, but it was one that I found just before I left the house that we decided to do. Hilary thought the weather might be a bit better to the west, so the Kelsall walk seemed like the best choice. 

We put on our waterproofs straight away. There were other walkers parked up and getting ready to walk, so rain doesn't put everyone off. Over the years we have been really lucky with the weather, so we are not really weather hardened!

It was cool to start with. Under the trees in Delamere Forest was really cool. Once we left the woods we were a bit warmer. 

There were some lovely looking sandstone cottages on Yeld Lane that had just been renovated. The quite small Yeld Lane Farm Cottage was £275,000 and Yeld Lane Farm was empty and like a lovely conversion was £595,000, the only thing was that the building was right next to the road, the garden was for parking as well. There was also a brick new build as well.

The Walk took us through Kelsall with lots of houses to look at. We went down the main road, through some alleyways and then worked our way back onto the hillside. 

The views over the countryside towards Chester are lovely. We walked down through little Switzerland and passed the variety of houses. We walked up the road, but once we joined the path to go to Delamere Forest it was mud, mud, mud all the way. A group of walkers were coming the other way the only thing to do was to hang on to the fence and stand out of the way because it was very slippy underfoot.

It was warm walking under the trees through Delamere Forest. Again the paths were muddy, I walked on the path but the others walked through the trees.

There wasn't really anywhere to stop for lunch as everywhere was so wet. We did manage to find a few rocks under the trees to sit on not too far from the car park. We could see the countryside to each side as the path goes along a ridge but we were also near the road, so we were aware of the traffic noise. We soon cooled down as we were sitting still.

We went to Tarporley Garden Centre although there wasn't a lot of time between lunch and 
cake. Tracey and I did manage tea and some apple cake with blackcurrant jam in the middle.

Delamere Forest

Saturday 7 July
Jane and Helen

We parked on the roadside as the carpark was full, we walked back along the road and along the path. Under the trees it was cooler than I was expecting so we put our jackets on. It wasn't particularly wet under foot considering the rain we have had this week.

The streams we past were running quickly with plenty of water.
It is always lovely to walk in the dappled shade of the trees.

Due to the rain and the warmth there plenty of weed growth so we had to watch for nettles and thistles along some stretches of the path.

When the sun came out it was really warm.

Delamere Forest

Saturday 14 October 2006
Donna, Jane, Hilary

The sun shone and we had a pleasant day walking.
We had to use micro navigation to find our way, I thought we were quite successful! We used the landscape around us to try to find our way.
On the way back to the car we collected chestnuts, they were dropping out of the trees. The sun had come out, and there were lots of people walking in the woods and collecting the chestnuts. Hilary picked up one that had just dropped from the tree and it was still warm from being so cosy inside its casing.