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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.

Sunday, 19 October 2008

Around Caldy and West Kirby 18th October 2008

The view from Red Rocks towards the lighthouse at Talacre.
Walk stats: Distance: 12.6 miles; Climb:674'.
Time: 5 hours 7 minutes; Walking average: 2.9 m.p.h.; Overall walk average:2.4 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Sylvia and Dave J.
What a gloroius day walking it proved to be. Wonderful sunshine almost from the start to the end. Timing of the walk was a little out o take full advantage of the high tide pushing the wading birds closer to the shore. Nevertheles we did enjoy an early lunch (11-45 a.m.) sitting at Red Rocks watching the incoming stide getting closer. The views across the estuary towards the Great Orme were a joy to behold. We had a little detour to Gilroy Nature Reserve, but even this only added a Mallard and a farm yard type duck to our list.
Brids seen or hearde today included: Coot, Moorhen, Wren, Chaffinch, Housesparrow, Common gull, Herring gull, Black-headed gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Shellduck, Redshank, Starling, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Kestrel, Cormorant, Carrion crow and Blackbird.
Enjoyable drinks were quaffed at the Dee View in Heswall with the added bonus that Liverpool's home match against Wigan was being shown live!
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