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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.

Wednesday 14 June 2023

An Eddisbury Castle and Delamere Forest Round 14th June 2023

The start of a delightfl path towards the King's Chair.
Near the gateway to eddisbury Castle.
At the Pale Heights Cairn.
our slunch spot at the Delameare Forest Outdoor Education Centre.
A red squirrel in Delamere Forest.
A mouse in Delamere Forest.
A ral Grey squirrel in Delamere Forest.
Can you spot any birds on Blakemere?
No, but that isn't unusual!
Walk stats: 6.3 miles. Climb: 696’. (More for the rest of the group.)
Time: 3 hours 7 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Temperature: 20.2 Celsius at the start. 25.0 Celsius at lunch. 25.5 Celsius at 13-10 in the shade at The Yeld.
Beaufort Wind Force: 0 – 3. At best on Pale Heights an 8.0 m.p.h. Gentle breeze on Pale Heights
Group: Martyn, Mike and Ed.
It was a pleasant enough temperature when we set off, hoping that it wouldn’t rise too much and the wind would be more noticeable. Hope it was and the temperature continued to rise throughout the day and the wind never seemed to have enough “puff”.
Distant views from Eddisbury Castle ramparts were very hazy but we did just about make out the mast on Sutton Common and Shutlingsloe nearby.
This was confirmed when we arrived at Pale Heights as the cairn here had plaques indicating what you could see in the distance.
We arrived at the Delamere Forest Visitor Centre a minute or two before mid-day but decided that this was a good place to stop for lunch.
We were able to use the picnic tables by the Outdoor Education Centre that thankfully were in the shade of the nearby trees.
It looked like getting unpleasantly hot for me, so I headed straight back to The Yeld and let the others continue on the route as planned.
I made the right decision for me, finding a picnic s table in the shade and s being cooled by a pleasant breeze.
I expected the rest of the group to arrive back about an hour after me, but they took a bit longer than expected, but I hadn’t taken into account Mike extending the walk!
Birds seen or heard today included: Woodpigeon, Common buzzard, Common whitethroat, Barn swallow, Blackcap, Common blackbird, Goldfinch, Black billed magpie, Carrion crow, Winter wren, Wood nuthatch, European robin and Common kestrel.
After walk drinks were enjoyed by two of the group at the Stamford Bridge Country Inn, where a 4.7 % Hyde’s brew seemed to go down particularly well!












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