A Riverside Walk via Westminster Park.
My first view of Westminster Park football pitches for over twenty years and over forty years since I played football there.
One of the quiet roads through Curzon Park.
Chester from the Chester Golf Club road bridge over the railway.
A Black billed magpie weighing up the options for the next bunker shot.
A Speclked wood on the Riverside Path north east Saltney Quay.
The Cheshire Police Car disappearing round the corner - too quick for me.
Got him this time!
The River Dee at its lowest for some time.
A Beluga heads into the clouds.
Essential work on the Mold Junction Road Bridge continues.
Distance: 6.3 miles. Climb: 72'.
Time 3 hours 4 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Another good day for walking, pleasantly cool with intermittent warm intervals at the Sun broke through.
The walk started with a visit to Westminster Park to meet up with a family member from WEF to have a brief chat about some of the issues facing our church under the social distancing rules.
I was amazed to se how many people were using the park for exercise, a group was setting up a croquet game and another looked as though they were having an oudoor lesson using kettleballs. As you might expects there were quite a fe people in the park walking , some with dogs.
After my chat in Westminster Park, I decided to walk through Curzon Park to pick up the the Riverside Path from Chester Golf Club.
i only saw four people on the this path, three at the golf course and a father and daughter at the Saltney Quay end of the path.
I am getting used to seeing the Police helicopter flying overhead on both sides of the border, but today for the first time I saw a Chester Police Car on River Lane, stopping at The Riverside for ten minutes or so. Had he crossed the border just to have a quiet few minutes or had he received a tip off that the English were going into Wales?
There werea few more people on the Riverside Path south west of Saltney Ferry Footbridge, but only a couple cyclists going at leisurely pace. On the otherhand he Wales Coast Path on the otherside of the river was much busier,especially with the lycra loony fraternity.
Birds seen or heard today included: winter wren, Common swift, Collared dove, House sparrow, Common blackbird, Jackdaw, Black billed magpie, Goldfinch, Chiffchaff, Common whtethroat, Blackcap, European robin, Moorhen, Mallard, Song thrush, House martin, Barn swallow, Oystercatcher, Herring gull, Lesser black back gull, Herring gull, Common chaffinch, Carrion crow and Raven.
An enjoyable stroll with an added extra with a difference.
Another sighting of the Old Dee Bridge Grebe by Pelissiers.
A Great crested grebe on the River Dee.
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