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12 intrepid ramblers set off on a wild and windy morning yesterday to undertake the 10 mile circular route from Anglezarke reservoir to Great Hill via White Coppice. The walk started in relatively calm weather with some bright sunshine and we walked through lovely woodland following the path around the edge of the reservoir. This is the largest reservoir in the Rivington chain which is fed by the River Yarrow, Previously supplying Liverpool, the reservoir now supplies water to Wigan. The water level had increased substantially since the recce was undertaken 3 weeks ago given the amount of rain that has fallen. This was also very evident further into the walk. Continue reading →

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10 Ramblers completed a 10 mile circuit today starting and ending at Kelsall Village Hall in Cheshire. Once again we were lucky with the weather, and needed hats and sun tan lotion rather than overtrousers and waterproofs. From Kelsall we crossed over a busy trunk road and then headed through lovely fields and woodlands onto the Eddisbury way. There were a significant number of stiles on varying quality, and at one point we were walking through dense nettle filled undergrowth aided with the use of some strategic secateurs to make the way passable! Continue reading →

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12 ramblers met this morning at Loggerheads Country Park. Depending on which weather forecast app you used, the day would be bright and sunny or overcast and raining. Just before we set off we found it was going to be the latter, so wet weather gear was donned and off we set. The planned route was an 8 mile circuit along the Leete pathway to Pantymwyn, on to Cilcain and then around the shoulder of the Frith mountain returning to Loggerheads. Continue reading →

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8 members of the Rambling group took to the moors above Rochdale yesterday for a 9 mile circular route over Rooley Moor and the Cotton Famine road. As is the norm with the group the ramble is led by a different person each time, and this was the first time Peter had led us and he came up with a blinder! Continue reading →

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14 members of the rambling group met today in the village of Scorton, about 8 miles south of Lancaster, to enjoy a ramble through the surrounding countryside. Scorton is on the banks of the River Wyre and is particularly fortunate in its location, being only a short way from the A6 and yet on the edge of the Forest of Bowland, an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’. Scorton meaning ‘farmstead near a ditch or ravine’ is a village in the parish of Nether Wyresdale. It was developed around the cotton mill and railway in the nineteenth century, although there are records of the village and catholic church in Scurton, or Scorton, tracing back to the seventeenth century. Continue reading →

Because of the Jubilee Bank Holiday and other commitments the June ramble has been put back to 16th June. Details of walk will be posted nearer to the date.

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9 of the Ramblers group met today in North Wales to climb the slightly less popular Moel Fenlli rather than the very busy Moel Famau. Starting from The Druids Inn just beyond Loggerheads we did a 1.8 add on circular walk through some lovely forest and alongside a river where the wild garlic was very prolific. Continue reading →

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12 Intrepid ramblers set out from the Spread Eagle Inn on Thursday to walk the 6 mile circular trail to Beacon Hill.  The day turned out to be one where we encountered all four seasons in one day including a fierce wind at the trig point that threatened to blow us over the edge……needless to say we didn’t linger long!

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