I hope crossing fields will always be a easy as this!
Photo by F.
Phpto taken by E.
Distance: 4.4 miles.
Climb: 82'.
Time: 2 hours 19 minutes.
Time: 2 hours 19 minutes.
On the move walking average: 2.5 m.p.h.
Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Temperature: Max - 31.2 Celsius in Sun. Mainly around 27 Celsius when not in the Sun.
Beaufort Wind Force: Max - 1, just Light air briefly felt towards the end of the walk.
Group: Martyn, Sue and Michel, Fran, Nigel and Elaine.
The weather forecast indicated that the temperature could reach the high twenties by mid-afternoon, so everyone agreed to a leave Chester at 09-00, rather than the usual 10-00 for our short walks.
The south of the river contingent were delayed by traffic and road works issues, so were late arriving at the start point. We arrived to find the Upton contingent ready and waiting and wondering why it has taken us so long.
Nevertheless, we were still able to start walking well before 10-00.
We were all impressed with the amount of work that had been done on the old Hadlow Station, particularly around the thriving cafe. Hadlow station had had an upgrade, making it a go to place for cyclists, walkers and coffee shop lovers alike.
I didn't expect a lot from this walk, but managed to get round without too many problems in route finding.
We had wall to wall blue skies all day, and instead of seeking the Sun, we were more happy to be walking on the shade. We were walking across fields, that today were dry.snd the ground hard, but we did recognise that it had the potential to be a muddy encounter had we done the walk on the Winter!
No unusual features to look out for, except for some Black poplar trees, and we weren't sure we saw them!
Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, Common buzzard, Goldfinch, House sparrow, Long tailed tit, Woodpigeon and Carrion crow.
We did se lots of butterflies, including: Painted lady, Small white, Large white and Meadow brown.
We had a couple of "hydration" stops on route, on keeping with the "World Cup"!
We arrived back at the start, having had a pleasant stroll around this part of Wirral, but looking forward to lunch, if we could find a seat on the shade.
Thankfully we did find a couple of benches pm the east side of Hadlow Station, pm the opposite platform to always busy cafe!
And the best not of the walk, was enjoying lunch together, in the shade on those benches on Hadlow Station!
The Upton contingent probably joined up again at the Wealstone for a couple of refreshing drinks, so I thought I would do likewise, and went to the Square Bottle for a pint of Plum Porter and Black dragon cider!
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