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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.

Tuesday, 26 December 2023

Chester, Around the Roodee, Along the Canal and Through Alexandra Park 26th December 2023

At the entrance to the Roman Garden east Newgate, Chester.
The Roman Garden, Chester.
An intersting Memoricial in the Roman Garden, Chester.
The Groves, Chester.
One of many Blackbirds seen toady, but this one was too quick for me to follow!
Looking across the Roodee.
The River Dee as we approached Crane Wharf.
A real Grey heron on the banks of the River Dee.
A Mute swan decides it's time to do a bit of preening.
Homes for solitary bees in Alexandra Park, Hoole.
The statue of Queen Victoria next to my parking spot  at the Castle Car Park.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 7.7 miles. Climb: 203
Time: 2 hours 55 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.8 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 2.6 m.p.h.
Temperature: 9.2 Celsius at the start but felt much warmer in the sunshine.
8.1 Celsius at the end when the clouds hid the Sun..
Beaufort Wind Force: 0-1. Mainly calm, but occasionally rising to Light air,
The weather today was better than expected, warm enough to discard my jacket and walk in short sleeves.
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, Black billed magpie, Moorhen, Mute swan, Goosander, Great cormorant, Mallard, Great tit, European robin, Black headed gull, Herring gull, Moorhen, Woodpigeon and Feral pigeon.
This turned out to be a fairly quick morning stroll, only slowed slightly by meeting people we knew out enjoying a morning stroll too.
We were too quick to stop for lunch on the walk, so we returned to The Groves for Ed to eat his sandwiches as we basked once more in the warm sunshine. We even saw the Lady Diana set off upstream carrying about five passengers.
Too early to visit Wetherspoons for liquid refreshment so Ed went back to his hotel and I headed home to enjoy a glass of Port ad sample some venison pate.


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