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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: 2-10 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 2020:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage, Wendy Peers, Celia de Mengle, Wendy and Ian Peers, Roger Smith, Paul Collinson, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Celia de Mengle, Sue Pearson.

Thursday 23 February 2012

Sandstone Trail - Larkton Hill - Rawhead - Maiden Castle 23rd February 2012

Is this the best advice that we have ever seen on a farm gate?
"A Tito moment" early in the walk!
An early view towards home!
Proof that it really was a shorts day.
The French connection.

At the highest point on the Sandstone Trail - Rawhead trig point.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.0 miles. Climb:1450'.
Time: 5 hours 24 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Phil, Gordon, Sue and Michel, Celia, Annie H, Carol and Tim.
What a superb day for walking this turned out to be, almost perfect whatever the time of the year. (remembering of course that perfect can never be achieved).
Almost the whole of the walk we were on sunshine with very little wind and superb views in all directions, depending on which side of the sandstone ridge we happened to be.
As expected this was the best section of the Sandstone Trail, and this particular walk should be repeated at least once a year, especially if we can park on Phil's drive at Brown Knowl.
Birds seen or heard today included: Green finch, Blue tit, Great tit, Dunnock, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Common buzzard, Nuthatch, Carrion crow, Canada goose, Common pheasant, Song thrush and Jackdaw.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Egerton Arms at Broxton, although Jean, Phil's wife, had kindly offered to brew up for us all on our return to Brown Knowl.
The brew that went down well was called Piffle, brewed by the Brimstage brewery for the Egerton Arms. However I still think that it is one that elsewhere it is Brimstage's Sandpiper bitter.
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