The start of this month’s walk was the Cinderbarrow Picnic Site, which is also the home of a model railway club and coinciding with our visit, they had an open day and offered rides behind their splendid locomotives. Additionally, a catering van arrived which created much excitement from some members Read more
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This month, our Bolton division told us that they could organize a scenic, (fairly), mud free walk, so we decided to take them up on their generous offer. The walk was centred on what is locally known as the Lancashire Lake District, in the area between Bolton, Horwich and Chorley. Read more
Unfortunately, the countryside is still very waterlogged, so this month we selected a somewhat urban walk around the village of Heysham. Our meeting point was the Half Moon Bay Café, a welcoming shack overlooking the sea and featuring a log burning stove. After coffee, it was time to start the Read more
There is now a tradition for the first walk of the year to be a promenade stroll and this year we decided to walk along the Merseyside coast from Hightown to Crosby and have a look at the now famous Gormley statues. Antony Gormley produced one hundred of these metal Read more
Having just watched the television programme ‘Four Born Every Second’, which compared giving birth in Britain, Cambodia, the USA and Sierra Leone, I was drawn to think about how difficult it would have been giving birth in Bethlehem 2000 plus years ago. Of course God had a plan for that Read more
Longridge, unlike many other parts of the country, doesn’t suffer from serious flooding simply because it isn’t associated with a river. However, we do have a brook that starts in Longridge and flows through the North of Preston and down to the River Ribble. This walk, devised by Jim some Read more
The Martin Mere Wetland Centre, situated between Preston and Southport, is a well-known and splendid place for bird watching and a good location to start our walk. Before stating, we had a look around. The centre attracts many species of bird, particularly vast numbers of Pink Footed Geese and Whooper Read more