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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.

Saturday 5 January 2019

Around Hoylake from Royden Country Park 5th January 2019

Dreaming of bacon butties.
The Memorial on Grange Hill from the South east side of Hoylake.
Hilbre Island from the beach at Red Rocks, Hoylake.
Jim and Roger on the beach at Red Rocks, Hoylake.
A few waders on the water edge between Red Rocks and West Kirby.
Looking over the reedbed and the Royal Liverpool Golf Course towards the Memorial on Grange Hill.
Turnstones on the edge of West Kirby Marine Lake.
Brent geese on West Kirby Marine Lake.
Art work in the Coronation Gardens West Kirby.
On the link path between Kings Drive South and Kings Drive North.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.2 miles. Climb: 302'.
Time: 4 hours 46 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.7 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.1 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger and Jim.
As expected, we had cloud cover all day, but the lack of any significant wind meant that it felt much warmer that the 7 Celsius forecast.
 The first surprise of the day was along the track North west of Long Rake Farm, where we spotted a notice on a field gate. It said "Dog Walking Fields . 6 acres available for hire by the hour". We did see a dog walker in the field, but we weren't able to determine if they had paid for the privilege of using the fields.
 We arrived at the beach at Kings Gap early, bu the tide had receded sufficiently for us to walk along the beach path on the West of the dunes, rather than use the higher boardwalk route needed whenever there are very high tides.
 We met a local campaigner who informed us that Wirral Council didn't want to maintain the boardwalk, and that the locals were trying to get this route designated a right of way. Further details can be obtained on: www.facebook.com/redrocksboardwalk/
We continued around the Marine Lake, before having lunch in West Kirby Coronation Gardens where we had a choice of benches to use for lunch.
 After lunch we had just over three miles to go, including most of the climb for the day, but we shouldn't complain the total climb for the walk was only just over three hundred feet.
 We arrived back at Royden Country Park, having had an excellent walk of great vaiety, still smiling even though we had walked over ten miles, a rarity for us these days!
 Birds seen or heard today included: Woodpigeon, Collared dove, Black-billed magpie, Common blackbird, Blue tit, Common chaffinch, Herring gull, Turnstone,Brent Goose, Common redshank, House sparrow, Great cormorant, Eurasian curlew. Oystercatcher and Dunlin.
 After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Wheatsheaf at Raby, where Brimstage Brewery's Trappers Hat and Titanic Brewery's Plum Porter went down well.
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