A Frodsham Round 3rd January 2018

St Laurence's Church, Frodsham.

At the Memorial on Frodsham Hill.

There's always someone looking for a rest!

Looking over Frodsham toward the Weaver and Mersey.

On the sandstone Trail across Frodsham Hill.

On the sandstone Trail across Frodsham Hill.

Spot the raindrops on the camera lens.

Expecting rain soon.

Crow Mere.

We can see the Weaver and Mersey Estuaries.

Liverpool across the Mersey.

Walk stats: Distance: 9.2 miles. Climb: (GPS 2270' wind assisted reading) nearer 1100' in reality.

Time; 5 hours 16 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.3 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.7 m.p.h.

Group: Martyn, Roger, Phil and Jim.

This was the first of our weekly Wednesday walks, and only four of us braved the windy conditions. We started with the climb to the Memorial on Frodsham Hill, where picked up the Sandstone Trail. This was probably the best section of the walk, despite the muddy condition of the path. In fact we didn't get away from the mud until we reached the Manley Road after lunch.

 Lunch was taken along the Sandstone Trail, just after passing Snidley Moor Wood at a spot sheltered from the wind and unbelievably in Sunshine. We even had a fallen tree trunk to sit on.

 The worst of the mud was to come after lunch on a path that headed Eastward past The Royalty to the Manley Road.

 After our earlier mud experiences, we were reluctant to take any path that crossed muddy fields and ended up following minor roads until we picked up a footpath at the end of the road going West from Crow Mere.

 This path led to Beacon Hill where we followed a path labelled NCW and The Delamere Way until it came out on a road that led to St. Laurence's Church with less than a mile to go to the cars.

 We didn't see many birds today, but those we did included: Common blackbird, Carrion crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Herring gull, Woodpigeon, Great tit, Blue tit and House sparrow.

 Overall an enjoyable walk, especially in the morning, with a little too much road walking in the afternoon, but on this occasion it was probably for the best. after saying goodbye to Phil and Jean, we all headed home. I celebrated our first Wednesday Walk at home with a cup tea with a drop of whisky in it of course!