Nineteen Stramblers met at School Lane in Westhead and started off along Wigan Road and Crosshall Brow before turning on to a lane which took us through open fields. Buffeted by the wind, we were glad the rain held off. We passed through Continue reading
Sixteen Stramblers took the train to Aigburth for one of our regular walks through South Liverpool’s Parks. Light rain soon faded away and although the sunshine stayed behind grey skies, it was dry with no wind. We made our way down Mersey Road to Otterspool Drive. A plaque on the pavement marks the original Continue reading
Thirteen Stramblers took the train to West Kirby and set off on Grange Road to the start of the Wirral Way. The Wirral Way, known as “The Joint” because it follows the track bed of part of the former Birkenhead Railway from West Kirby to Hooton and the Continue reading
Eighteen Stramblers took the train to Eastham Rake Station and (after we found our way out of the station) made our way to Lowfields Avenue. The avenue led us past a wood until we reached a footpath. A fallen tree blocked our way but we managed to get round it and duck under another one before the path took us through a tunnel Continue reading
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A group of sixteen Stramblers met at Yarrow Valley Country Park Visitor Centre on 27th July looking forward to a pleasant walk around the area. The weather forecast indicated that after some initial rain it would brighten up. The walk started from the car park where we noticed an interesting face carved on one of the nearby trees.
Anne outlined a little of the history of the valley, which was a large, industrialised area in the 18th century and beyond. It was a centre for bleaching, dyeing, calico printing and mining. Richard Arkwright developed the water spinning frame later named after him and formed part of the start of the Industrial Revolution. Arkwright’s frame made many of the local workers redundant and he eventually had to move away because of local hostility. Continue reading
For the latest Stramblers walk, we met at the Sankey Valley Visitor Centre. We set off through the wooded Sankey Valley Park alongside what remains of the Sankey (St Helens) Canal. The path then meandered along Black Brook Basin, following Continue reading
Twenty three stramblers met at the Visitor Centre for a walk through the park.
The name Haigh comes from the Anglo Saxon word Haga meaning an enclosure or a secure area to house livestock. The plantations were laid out in the 1860s to hide the condition of the landscape after being damaged by mining activity.
Brenda and Bob led us past some beautiful Continue reading
Fifteen stramblers met at Burscough Bridge Station and caught the train to Appley Bridge last Thursday (27th). We made our way to the canal bank and took the towpath back towards Burscough. This was the anniversary of the original Canal Walking Group reaching Leeds in 2018, with ten of that group present today. We passed Appley Lock and Continue reading