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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, 5 July 2009

Stanton Moor and Harthill Moor 4th July 2009

The start of the first climb of the day from Winster.
Richard on one of the Gritstone outcrops on Stanton Moor.
No I'm not going up there!
Who couldn't resist the temptation of the Cat Stone Rock then?
Robin Hood's Stride on Harthill Moor.
Walk stats:Distance:10.1 miles; Climb:1359'.
Time:5 hours 6 minutes;On the move walking average:2.4 m.p.h.;Overall walk average:2.0 m.p.h.
Group:Martyn, Richard, Roger, Sylvia and Dave J.
This was another very warm day with very little breeze to keep us cool! I suppose we should be grateful that it didn't rain. This is a very popular walking area and we encountered lots of walkers of all ages enjoying scenery and views from Stanton Moor and Harthill Moor. route finding from the description (some of which was now out of date and no longer applied) proved a challenge on the Stanton Moor approach and later as we headed off in the wrong direction to Birchover. at least we found a good lunch spot and didn't go too far before we realised that we were heading in the wrong direction.
Dave J, not to be outdone by Roger cominng across someone linked to his home village in South Wales and Richard knowing one of the Caernarfon Ramblers revisited the Winster fete in the afternoon and came across some Morris Men that he knew.
Birds seen or heard today included:Blackbird, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Willow warbler, Blackcap, Greenfinch, Pied wagtail, Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Swallow, Swift, Kestrel and Buzzard.
After walk drinks were enjoyed by two of the group where the Hartington Bitter (the ebst bitter in the world was in particularly good form and we were entertained by a young boy using a tennis bat like weapon to electrocute flies.



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