Time correct but datw should be 6th June 2018.
The notice board at the Brown Moss Nature Reserve - the described start of the walk.
Looking across the lakes at the Brown Moss Reserve.
Just a walk through the wood!
Looking back across the field and path we should have taken.
The memorial cross in Ash Magna.
The information board at our lunch spot.
The view from my lunch spot - enough concrete locks for everyone,
The speciality of Brown Moss, Silver studded blue butterflies.
The restored Air traffic Control at Prees Heath.
Brown Moss from the South.
On the last leg of the walk through the woods on he West side of Brown Moss.
Walk stats: Distance: 8.5 miles. Climb: 245'.
Time: 4 hours 45 minutes. On the move walking average: 2,4 m.p,h, (2.7 m.p.h. m my newest GPS). Overall walk average: 1.8 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Roger, Davis S., Wendy, Paul and Scrumble.
Overall this was a really god day for walk, warm and sunny and occasionally a little breeze to cool us.
We started at Brown Moss, but it turned out to be not the car parking area suggested in the walk description, but thankfully having all made the same mistake, all three cars arrived at the same place!
In the main this was a very pleasant walk, although crops in fields did present one or two problems for us to negotiate.
Farmers today were very friendly and were ready to guide us around their farms, even if it took us away from the official footpath on the map.
Lunch as taken at the Southern entrance to the Prees Heath Common Reserve, where concrete blocks designed to stop travellers gave us welcome perching spots. The Pelissiers provide us with biscuit treats to celebrate the arrival of Jacques Peter, the two week old addition to their family. Further celebrated later when we enjoyed drinks at the Horse and Jockey at Grindley Brook.
The trek across Prees Heath Common, was probably the best part of the walk, where we were lucky enough to see the Silver studded blue butterfly and several others too.
We were also lucky enough to hear a Cuckoo calling as we were walking through Brown Moss at the end of the walk.
We were also lucky enough to hear a Cuckoo calling as we were walking through Brown Moss at the end of the walk.
However the lasting memory of this walk for some, would be the route from the A41 to Brown Moss, where footpath way marks weren't very good, and as most of the group were wearing shorts, tingling legs from encounters with sting nettles continually reminded us well into the evening.
Birds seen or heard today include: House sparrow, House martin, Common pheasant, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Pied wagtail, Greenfinch, Mistle thrush, Song thrush, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted duck, Moorhen, Common blackbird, Common chaffinch, Cuckoo, Woodpigeon, Skylark, Yellowhammer and racing pigeon, if you include those released as we were having lunch.
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