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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.

Thursday, 21 February 2008

Christleton 20th February 2008

Why are they so slow?
On the way home.

Walk stats: Distance: 10.6 miles; Climb:150'.
Time:4 hours 30 minutes; Walking average: 2.8 m.p.h.; Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Group: Richard, Dave J, Annie H, Sue and Michel.
Martyn joined the group just before Roman Bridges
(Distance: 8.o miles; Climb: 119'.)
(Time: 3 hours 40 minutes, Walking average: 2.8 m.p.h.; Overall walk average: 2.3 m.p.h.)

This isn't the most exciting walk that has been on the list, but on reflection it turned out to be a good choice to have a very local walk. At least today the weather was dry, cold and at times bright and sunny. Conditions underfoot were generaly quite good, but the towpath between Golden Nook and Waverton was a little muddy and slippy in places.
The highlight of today's walk was the number of birds that we saw and heard.
They included: Mute swan, Mallard, Teal, Snipe, Canada Goose, Black-headed gull, Herring gull, Common gull, Buzzard, Kestrel, Long-tailed tit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Blut tit, Great tit, Treecreeper, Lapwing, Moorhen, Coot, Grey heron, Carrion crow, Robin, House sparrow, Mistle thrush, Song thrush, Rook, Jackdaw, Collared dove, Woodpidgeon, Wren, Fieldfare and Redwing.
After walk drinks were at the Plough Inn, Christleton, where real fires greeted us. The beers sampled today included Spitting Feathers Old Wavertonian and Theakstons XP and and Special.

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