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Poem by Bill Potter

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N I G H T

A difficult subject about which to write,

To record my thoughts, I need a light

Of dawn, or man made source, bright.

So. Down with the switch to bring it on,

Jobs domestic have been done,

To hand pen, paper for words may flow.

Night?  It comes from or goes, I do not know.

Something called dusk began the event

No stars or bright moon as yet, to consent,

For darkness has no depth as yet.

Where night comes from or goes, if such is relevant

Science surely knows.

I’ve heard it said; it hides behind the moon

Creeping around the heavens of afternoon,

Until just before the dusk.

Then, shadows slowly cross my world,

show how darkness unfolds, as it must.

Crossing my path, I try a dance upon its edge,

Futile steps of rhythm in time and space,

Is difficult for my brain to embrace.

Night has left me now, and gone elsewhere

As dawn breaks through.

I stand and star.   In disbelief, for relief

I close my eyes, and my night is light

Full of flowers and scenes of delight, a puzzle for one not bright.

So. I leave to others to tell the why and wherefore

Of  NIGHT. For me it remains a difficult write.

w.a.p.
7.9.11

Nadolig Llawen

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Open Day raised £700

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At our Open Day on Tuesday 27th September 2011 we raised £700 or Macmillan Cancer Support – an event organised in conjunction with Macmillan’s  ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.’  Thanks to everyone who helped make this event so successful, especially the ladies who do such sterling work week by week, providing refreshments, and who again excelled themselves on this special occasion. (Thanks too to Motor Range Staff, Maghull who inflated the helium balloons.)

 

Walks programme

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Thursday, 20th October @ 10.30

Meet at the Railway Hotel, Formby, near the station for a 5 mile circular walk towards Altcar.
The walk goes past St Luke’s church and down to the beach, across the dunes and on to the foreshore returning to Formby via the car park and Lifeboat Road.
Optional lunch will be available at the Railway Hotel.
Leader – Bill Langham

Thursday 24th November@ 10.30

Meet at the Ship Inn on Rosemary Lane in Haskayne for a 5 mile walk around Haskayne and Halsall. The 300 bus towards Southport stops near Haskayne Post Office and it is a short walk across the main road to the Ship. Cars can be parked in the pub car park.
The walk is a circular one going across farmland and down Trundle Pie Lane to the canal near Halsall and back via Barton to Haskayne.
Optional lunch is available at the pub after the walk.
Leader – Bill Langham

Thursday, 8th December@10.30

Meet at Ormskirk Station for a 5 mile walk around Ormskirk and Aughton.
Optional lunch at the Fiveways Hotel

Leader Bill Langham

Two local walks

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Our July  “Merseyside Walk” saw us starting from the Hesketh Arms in Rufford at 10.30 am after pre-ordering our lunch at the above hostelry. We crossed the road and went down to the canal and headed towards Burscough along the towpath. The view over the two Marinas was very picturesque and the scene was finished off by watching a holiday barge negotiate the adjacent lock
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Crossing the A59, we walked on fields and footpaths and eventually arrived at Mere Sands Nature Reserve where we had a break for a look around and a cooling drink. We then walked behind Rufford Old Hospital and eventually recrossed the A59 near to the Rufford Arms. We again walked along the canal bank and made our way back to the Hesketh Arms where we were very efficiently served with a very good lunch.
The weather was very kind to us and eighteen people enjoyed a 5 mile meander.

Our August “Merseyside Walk” started from Freshfield Station and twenty six of us set out in glorious sunshine for a walk around old Formby and Freshfield. After many lefts and rights and passage ways we crossed over the Formby by-pass and into a section of fields, with stiles and lots of horses, eventually walking back down to the by-pass by Porters fuschia nurseries. After re-crossing the road we walked down various tracks back to the Freshfield Hotel where sixteen of us had pre-booked. The meal when it came was  good but the speed of service was nowhere as good as the Hesketh Arms. The weather stayed fine  for the duration of the walk and only rained late afternoon. We were very lucky.
Bill Langham