The path onto Helsby Hill from s the Helsby Quarry Car Park.
The climb up Woodhouse Hill.
Two varieties of Rowan berries on Woodhouse Hill.
Evidence of a round house on Woodhouse Hill.
The view of the Memorial on Frodham Hill from my lunch spot.
DS pointing out what you can see across the Mersey from our lunch spot.
On the Sandstone Trail across Frodsham Hill.
At the trig point on Helsby Hill.
The view from Helsby Hill.
Walk stats:
Distance: 8.2miles. Climb: 1371'.
ime: 4 hours 50 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.0 m.p.h. Overall walk s average: 1.7 m.p.h.
Temperture: Max - 22.4 Celsius. At lunch in the shade - 20.1 Celsius.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 - 2. Mainly calm and occasionally a very pleasant light breeze.
Group: Martyn, Ed, Fran, Nigel and David S.
We set off, expecting to get rain at some time of the day, but thankfully all of the weather forecasts that we looked at got it wrong.
It was pleasanty warm for most o the walk, but occasionally it felt quite humid.
e attempted to take the main path across Woodhouse Hill, but was closed as workers were doing some tree management near the path. We managed to take a side track around them, and joined the main path near the remains of a round house.
Lunch was taken o the top of Frodsham Hil, where we had good views across the Mersey as we took advantage of the many benches available.
We could just about make out Moel Famau on the skyline, but it lookes as though it was getting a bit of the wet stuff.
After lunch we started along, probably one of the best parts of the Sandstone Trail as it contoured around the hill with some rock faces adjacent.
Towards the end we extended the walk slightly by climbing to the trig point on Helsby Hill, the first time that I have visited it.
We arrived back at the car, having had a good walk, and there was little enthusiasm to exolore the Nature Reserve below the car park a the start of ur walk.
Instead, most of us headed to the White Lion at Alvenley for refreshments. A Robinson's pub, not my favourite brewer .After the first pint tried was returned as being undtrinkable, it was quickly replaced by on that was "Cumbria Way" and the rejected brew taken off. We sat outside and heard thunder in the distance and DS sent us a text that Chester hadn't faired as good as us.
Birds seen or heard today included: European robin, Moorhen, Wood nuthatch and Common buzzard.
AS we approached Chester and the Overleigh Roundabout we had thunder and lightening and a torrential rain that made it hard to see through the windscreen.
At home, I didn't get too wet transferring my gear from Ed's car to the open front door of my house, but it was only across the 3' pavement!
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