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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 3 January 2024

Exploring Wepre Park and Its Surroundings 3rd January 2024

The water tumbling over the weir from the upper reservoir in Wepre Park.
The water tumbling over the weir from the upper reservoir in Wepre Park.
The boardwalk running alongside Wepre Brook.
The bridge over Wepre Brook.
To the Castle or Devil's Basin, we have a decision to make.
Nigel leads the way to the Devil's Basin.
Wepre Brook on the way to the Devil's Basin.
This must be the Devil's Basin.
The only way now is to escape to Wepre Lane.
Another puddle to avoid. But not much mud on my boots after. 
A rainbow puts in its first appearance.
A Beluga XL disappearing into the clouds.
A Coat of Arms reminds us that we are entering the castle grounds.
First view of Ewloe Castle.
Climbing over the wall into Ewloe Castle.
Exploring Ewloe Castle.
A good vantage point in Ewloe Castle.
In the Fern Garden in Wepre Park.
The pond in the Fern Garden.
A few dogs remembered by the owners of Wepre Hall.
A rainbow appears over The Rosie Pool in Wepre Park.
Walk Stats:
Distance: 6.1 miles. Climb: 438’
Time: 4 hours 3 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.5 m.p.h.
Temperature: 12.0 Celsius at lunch
Beaufort Wind Force: 0-1. Mainly calm but occasionally rising to Light air,
The weather today was more like what the Met Office had forecast, mainly light rain, but never feeling cold. In fact wearing waterproofs meant our bodies were generating too much moisture from the inside. At least we did get the BBC’s forecast (Meteo) of spell of sunshine during our lunch spy at the Memorial in Northop Hall.
Birds seen or heard today included: Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Common blackbird, Black billed magpie, Mallard, Great tit and European robin.
This turned out to be a walk exploring parts of Wepre Park we hadn’t seen before. This included following Wepre Brook as far as the Devil’s Basin, escaping to Wepre Lane before joining the old railway line path though Broardoak Wood to Northop Hall.
This effectively meant that we doing the walk in an anticlockwise direction.
After visiting Ewloe Castle we decided to explore the Fern Garden and The Rosie Pool before returning to the cars.
Despite the rain it was an enjoyable walk and good to see lots of young families enjoying exploring Wepre Park and Ewloe Castle.
 

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