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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.

Monday, 5 March 2012

Tegg's Nose - Walk to the Forest 5th March 2012

Tegg's Nose from Hardingland, along Hacked Way Lane.
St Stephen's, Forest Chapel.
The Trentabank Heronry.
One of the many places to rest on the way up to Tegg's Nose.
The route to Charity Lane! (Observed from Tegg's Nose)
Walk stats: Distance: 7.0 miles. Climb: 1265'.
Time: 4 hours 4 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn and Sue Powell.
Another superb day for walking, blue skies and lots of sunshine.  However on occasions a cool wind accompanied us, particularly on the way across Tegg's Nose in the latter stages of the walk.
This was quite an up and down walk, giving many superb views, particularly towards Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill. Part of the walk was through the Forest, but only a short section made you feel you were totally surrounded by trees, and even then chinks of light came through the trees.
Talking to the Rangers at Trentabank and Tegg's Nose we learned that "Chantry Lane" on the route description was in fact Charity Lane as on the O.S. Map and "Walks 1,2 and 3" went out of use a few years ago and the walks are now colour coded instead.  Despite these mistakes on the described route we managed to find our way round, having had a very enjoyable walk.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common buzzard, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Raven, Woodpigeon, Blue tit, Coal tit, Great tit, Great cormorant, Grey heron, Mallard, Tufted duck, Black-billed magpie, Canada goose, Common coot, Blackbird, European robin, Chaffinch, Dunnock and Great-crested grebe.
After walk celebrations included a very enjoyable meal at the Fort of Bengal in Sale.

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