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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Monday, 24 September 2007

The Roaches 22 September 2007

Another walk that I missed!


Picture by the trig point on the Roaches.

Walk stats: Distance: 11 - 12 miles (The estimate made direct from the walk deacription by Mark Richards.)
Group: Richard, Celia, Sylvia and Dave J.



A good walk with only a short burst of rain towards the end. Mostly the weather was warm and for some reason there were hardly any other people about. The start point was as you suggested, on one of the the lay bys below the Roaches.

Don't know the stats as none of us had a GPS but I guess the mileage was around 12 miles.

Lunched on the hillside near to the rare breeds farm.

Birds seen or heard:- Stonechat, Wheatear, Kestrel, carion crows, House martins, Bluetits.

For refreshment where else but the Wilkes Head, where Hartington Bitter, lager (guess who) and crisps were consumed with relish!

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