No photos this week .
Managed to lose my camera (and my monocular) between Gresty Waste Car Park and Home!
Distance: 10.9 miles. Climb: 1239'.
Time: 5 hours 21 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.4 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Gordon, Celia, Paul, Sylvia and Dave J, Time and Carol, Fran and Catherine Murphy.
This turned out to be a good day for walking, with only a couple of short showers in the morning to make some of the group dive for their waterproofs. Thankfully the Sun was shining for much of the day and only occasionally a cool breeze remined us that it was still officially Winter!
The Eddisbury Way was the main path used to link up with this part of the Sandstone Trail, and for me quite a bit of the Eddisbury Way was new. It's always good to encounter new paths.
As might be expected sections of the paths were rather muddy, but not enough to stop us enjoying the walk.
Lunch was conveniently taken at the Brines Brow Picnic Site and some of us managed to find a table in the Sun.
The final part of the Sandstone Trail was through Delamere Forest, mainly along forest tracks, not exactly the most exciting section, but nevertheless still very pleasant walking
Birds seen or heard: Black-billed magpie, Raven, Jackdaw, European robin, Blue tit, Great tit, Nuthatch, Blackbird, House sparrow, Long-tailed tit, Common buzzard and Eurasian jay.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Farmers Arms at Kelsall where Weetwood Bitter and Weetwood Old Dog were the brew sampled. This hostelry must have changed landlords, it was pleasantly warm when we went in!
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