The next walk will take place on 5th October. 2 choices of walk; 12 miles or 5 miles. Both commence at 10am but please note different start points. The long walk will leave from the Punch Bowl, Sefton Village. The short walk will leave from the Hesketh Arms, Rufford.
LUNT MEADOWS CIRCULAR WALK – (07-09-2017)
Today’s walk commenced from the Hare and Hounds pub, Liverpool Road North, Maghull. There were meant to be 2 walks as advertised. A short 5 miles walk (a circuit of Lunt Meadows) led by Margaret Schumacher and the longer 8 miles walk led by Alan Carr. Unfortunately Alan was unavailable and asked me to lead the walk for him. Unfortunately, no one turned up for the short walk. So Margaret joined forces with us, making 9 walkers in total. The weather was mild but overcast, fortunately it did not rain.
The next walks will commence at 10am from the Hare and Hounds pub, Liverpool Road North on the above date. There will be 2 walks. The short walk (5 miles) will be a circuit of Lunt Meadows. The longer walk (8 miles) will cross Lunt Meadows and continue towards Ince Blundell , passing through Carr House Farm, crossing the River Alt at Baines Bridge and return to Maghull via the Cheshire Lines. Both walks are on reasonable paths with no stiles, although appropriate footwear is essential. The Hare and Hounds has a fairly decent lunch menu if anyone wishes to eat after the walk, although on this occasion no table has been reserved. If you intend to walk please meet no later than 9:50 am. as we will leave promptly at 10am.
The next walks will take place on 7th September, commencing at 10:00am. There will be two walks available , both starting from the Hare and Hounds pub, Liverpool Road North, Maghull. Full walk descriptions will be posted at the end of August.
A day of style or should I say stiles???
17 members of the walking group set out today for Parbold. 5 members completed a short walk taking in the canal and local footpaths, and from the feedback at lunch had a very pleasant walk. Thanks Kath for leading this. The remaining 12 set out from the Fairy Glen for a walk, just under 7 miles, negotiating muddy paths, fields of wheat and barley, herds of cows, the odd sheep or two, a hazardous walk of a mossy plank over a stream and 25, yes, 25 stiles!
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Thursday July 6th saw the group walking Moel Famau from Cilcain. Leaving the Baptist Church car park around 9.30 we made very good time via Runcorn and the M56 to arrive in Cilcain car park at 10.50.
It was already warm as we left the village in bright sunshine and took the bridle path ascent. Lunch at the summit and and a sit in the sun before descending via the steeper ‘stairs’ got us back to the village hall at 2.30 for very welcome tea and cake supplied by Sonja and Kate, courtesy of the village shop. Thanks girls. If you are walking in the area give the shop a visit, the tea and cakes are excellent. Finally, thanks to Ian for help with the recce.
The next walk will take place on Thursday 6th July and will be a circular walk from Cilcain ascending Moel Famau and returning to the start point. The hill ( not big enough to be called a mountain) is highest one within the Clwydian range. 
The walk will be approx. 8 miles long and is described as “hard” on most websites, taking well defined paths and forestry tracks. Because of the terrain good footwear is required and walking poles might useful for the descent. As transport will be by private cars, if you intend to go on this walk, please meet at the Baptist church car park no later than 9:30am on 6th July and we will organise car-share. Donations towards fuel to each driver please. Please bring a change of footwear to prevent muddying cars. Packed lunch and waterproofs also essential. Phil has organised tea and cake with a local shop for the end of the walk!
Please contact Margaret Kendall if any further information required. (526 3164)
The walking group met yesterday in the village of Barley, Lancashire, set at the foot of Pendle Hill, an area renowned for the history of the “trials” of the Pendle Witches some 400 years ago. During an era of religious persecution and suspicion they were the convenient scapegoats of the day. One group stayed down in the valley and took a route around Black Moss Reservoirs and the Pendle Sculpture Trail, which has ten ceramic plaques representing each of the Pendle people who were hanged. The other group took to the hills, and took the steady climb through beautiful heathland, to the summit of the hill which is 1827 ft. (557 metres) above sea level.
24 people took part in the monthly walk today. Leaving from Ormskirk Station the long walk group followed the route of the War Horses travelling though Ormskirk out to Lathom Chapel where over 120,000 horses and mules were trained for use at the front in WW1. The chapel today is still a functioning place of worship and is surrounded by traditional alms houses which can be rented for the princely sum of £125 per month, although the criteria for rental is very specific and hard to achieve.
APRIL WALK – CARR MILL DAM/BILLINGE LOOP
Our latest walk took place on Thursday, 6th April, 2017. The starting point was from the Sankey Valley Visitor Centre, Blackbrook Road, St. Helens, where the friendly Ranger Dave Owen opened the toilets for our use before starting the walk. As usual, there were two walks. A long walk of 9 miles and a shorter 5 mile walk (which actually ended up as 6 miles). The weather was dry and windy, but not too cold.