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For this month’s walk, we ventured a little further from home to explore the pretty landscape to the north of the county around Abbeystead.

Starting from the car park at Stoops Bridge, we entered the estate of the Duke of Westminster, following the Wyre Way, a good path which crossed the Marshaw Wyre a number of times. To our left appeared the imposing manor house, one of the Duke’s many properties. Pheasants were a regular sight, reminding us that this is a shooting estate. (more…)

The walk for February consisted of a seven mile circuit to the East of Chipping. Unfortunately, three of our regulars were non-starters, due to undercarriage problems, but I’m sure that they will be back soon. However, we had a good turnout from the Bolton group which brought us up to Read more…

During the extreme weather a year ago, we enjoyed a pleasant and quite challenging walk from St Annes to the Tower. This year we decided to repeat the experience, making the walk a little longer by starting from Fairhaven Lake. Our party of nine, including the welcome appearance of the Read more…

Having trodden new ground last month, this month’s walk was on more familiar territory in the Ribble valley. Jim was back in charge and he chose a pleasant ramble along a selection of marked footpaths in the Gisburn Forest. Meeting as usual in Longridge, the five of us managed to Read more…

Haigh Hall and its surrounding country park are situated to the North-East of Wigan and provide a variety of pleasant walks with links to the local industrial heritage. Bill, from our Bolton group, kindly offered to lead us on this walk, in a part of the county that is somewhat Read more…

This month’s walk was taken from our back catalogue, having walked it some years ago with Sylvia and Pete. The turnout was a little unbalanced, with two from Longridge and three from Bolton. Starting from the car park by the jetty, (I did consider a start from Fleetwood and crossing Read more…

This month it was Veronica’s turn to lead us and she was flying solo, as Neil had to act as clerk of works on a patio project. The walk started from the Scorton Picnic Site car park, from where we joined a footpath along the left bank of the River Read more…