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…
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…
The October walk was one of the many variations on the Nicky Nook theme, an area that is always popular. The original plan was to start from Garstang, but this would have been a little too long, so a Scorton start was decided on, which would bring the distance to Read more…
A decade ago, the local council organized a good, well signed route around Chorley, but the information is now somewhat out of date, creating some navigational challenges in places. Starting from a lay-by on the A6, our little party quickly joined the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and headed north, enjoying Read more…
The plan for this month’s walk was another attempt at Parlick, but as the fields surrounding the fell would probably have been saturated from the endless rain, we decided on “Plan B”, The Three Waters. The Three waters of the title are the rivers Brock and Calder and a stretch Read more…
If you drive up the A6, past Carnforth, and look to the west you will see the rocky prominence of Warton Crag, with its shear vertical face overlooking the town. This was the object of our walk today. We met at the station car park, somewhat surprised by the reasonable Read more…
This month’s walk was in the hands of Bill, from our Bolton group. The interesting route, roughly between Wigan and Adlington, involved walking along a dismantled railway, river bank and canal and therefore provided a good, solid surface for most of the distance, which considering the weather on the day, Read more…