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We usually meet on the last Wednesday of each month and on the second Tuesday of every other month, at 9:30am by the village hall.
Walks are not long or strenuous; 5 or 6 miles on average, each with a different leader.
Come along to see the countryside in all its moods, sometimes bathed in sunshine, often with a shower or two, even perhaps with a carpet of snow!
Our walkers might pass stone-age remains, badger setts and tracks, and fascinating old farmhouses and cottages.
They
will certainly
enjoy sweeping views over the Cheshire plain,
Peak District panoramas
of hills and dales, and gentler scenery by canals and parkland in Lyme,
Alderley and Ladybrook. You are guaranteed a friendly welcome when you join us.
Do come!
Group Leader: Walter Mason
JAN WEDNESDAY 25 LOUANNE & PETER COLLINS
FEB TUESDAY 14 JOHN/BARBARA MCCARTNEY
WEDNESDAY 22 GERRY & JAN CHARTRES
MAR WEDNESDAY 28 WALTER MASON
APR TUESDAY 10 BRIAN FARQUAHAR
WEDNESDAY 25 SAM & IRENE CHAPPELL
MAY WEDNESDAY 30 MERLYN & JOYCE YOUNG Three Shires Walk
JUN TUESDAY 12 JEAN & ROGER DRINKWATER
WEDNESDAY 27 DAVID LLOYD
JUL FRIDAY 6/SUNDAY 8 Two nights away break, See below
WEDNESDAY 25 BRIAN & ALISON ALLERTON
AUG TUESDAY 14 STEVE & ANN REYNOLDS
WEDNESDAY 29 GERRY & JAN CHARTRES
SEP WEDNESDAY 26 RUTH & DAVE SMITH
OCT TUESDAY 9 LOUANNE & PETER COLLINS
WEDNESDAY 31 MERLYN & JOYCE YOUNG
Bollington, Harrop Wood, Rainow Low, Savio House
NOV WEDNESDAY 28 PAT & NOEL CHRISTOPHER
DEC TUESDAY 11 TO BE DECIDED
WEDNESDAY 19 RICHARD & SUSAN CLARK
The proposal is that we book with the Clwydian Walking Holidays Ltd, who will arrange everything (well, nearly everything!) including transport after our arrival at the hotel, guides for the walks, evening entertainment, and sightseeing for any unable to do the arranged walks. The cost is a little more than doing it ourselves, but it does save the time and trouble of travelling to the area and devising walks, which can be quite demanding. Other U3A groups have tried the organisation and been happy with their arrangements.
The dates reserved are the nights of Friday/Saturday 6th/7th July 2012 at the Beaufort Park Hotel, New Brighton, Mold, to include dinner, bed, breakfast, packed lunch, in en-suite rooms, either double or twin, at a package price of £140 per person.
A programme of varied walks has been agreed with their representative, Bob Eckersall, which should be within our capabilities and would have great views of the Vale of Clwyd and Clwydian Range. The walks would be on Friday afternoon, Saturday, and Sunday morning. The area is designated "An area of outstanding natural beauty" and is criss-crossed by several long distance walks, including the Offa's Dyke Path. All the walks are on OS Explorer Map 265. Walter will give further details of the walks later, or to anyone unsure of their abilities.
The entertainment arranged is to have on one evening a talk on Birds of the Area, and on the other evening music by a group, singing and playing 60's music and folk.
Deposits of £25 per person, payable to Clwydian Walking Holidays Ltd., to Walter Mason.
The balance is payable a month before the break. It would very helpful to know preferences, whether double or twin, whether people have any diet restrictions, and addresses/telephone nos.
JANUARY 25 Louanne and Peter’s Lindow walk.
Report on the Walk
The first walk of 2012 attracted 21 walkers to enjoy Louanne and Peter’s Lindow walk. This was flat and gentle on a mild and cloudy day, with just some sticky stretches from the previous day’s rain.
From the car park, we did a quick circuit of Lindow Common, passing by Black Lake, then headed along Newgate. A right turn took us past Lindow Moss, and then across a former landfill site, now attractively landscaped but still with a working methane burner to cope with generated gases. The well-cared for war memorial at Morley Green was next, before the route took a succession of minor roads, including past Oak Farm and Moss Brow Farm, finally taking a coffee stop near Pownall Park.
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Walter Mason
Group Leader - Walter Mason