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Chorley Walk 27/07/2023
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Stramblers walk near Chorley
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
Carr Mill Dam 22/06/2023
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
The Stramblers’ Walking Group
Haigh Woodland Park – May 25
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
Appley Bridge to Burscough
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
April War Horse Walk
Fourteen walkers took the train to Ormskirk for an adapted War Horse Walk. We set off through the station car park and along the Smith Way footpath, following part of the old Ormskirk to Skelmersdale railway line. It was named after Continue reading
Moreton to Hoylake – 23 Feb.
On a bright sunny day, nineteen walkers took the train to Moreton for the first Stramblers walk of 2023. We walked along Pasture Road from the station towards the front, crossing the “River” Birket to reach the Green Hut Café. Here, a short rise led to Continue reading
Stramblers – Lunt Meadows 24 Nov
Despite weather warnings of heavy rain and strong winds, twenty stramblers assembled at The Punchbowl for today’s walk through Lunt Meadows. We set off along Lunt Road and soon took a footpath into fields, which followed the course of a brook, quaintly named “St Helen’s Gutter”. The brook leads to St Helen’s Well on the other side of Lunt Road which is thought to be 600 years old.
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Yellowhammer Walk 27/10/2022
On a grey, overcast morning, twenty two Stramblers met at Aughton Park Station to follow the Yellowhammer Route Walk. We started along Long Lane, crossing Prescot Road and Holborn Hill. Twenty yards or so down Holborn Hill we turned on to a path past a small housing estate, then through a field. This took us to a pumping station at a reservoir (with a boxer on guard).