Walking Diary 2025

Delayed by a week due to a heavy fall of snow, just five walkers arrived at the car park for the Marfield Wetlands Nature Reserve.   Anxious to get started, they left at pace

Cunningly the walkers made a small detour to locate a bridge and pose for a group photo 

A mere five walkers arrived at the car park beneath the giant Kilburn White Horse.   Since the previous Kilburn walk, exactly 10 years earlier, the walkers were pleased to note that the locals had not mislaid the White Horse again, although they were concerned about its missing head!!   However, they were more troubled by the disappearance of a lake, which was rumored to have been located nearby.  

The walkers set off up the White Horse steps at a pace not recorded for years

Conditions on the tops deteriorated with driving snow, but the walkers continued their mission unperturbed

Paul remained confident of the route to the missing lake, but the others were unsure!!

A bridge hidden by holly was quickly negotiated

SUCCESS!!!    The walkers were triumphant when the lake was located, having been missing for possibly decades.     The co-ordinates were recorded and transferred to the Ordinance Survey so that the lake could be reinstated on their maps.  The authorities were again grateful to the walkers for their diligence.

DISASTER STRUCK when progress slowed due to excessive MUD.  

Would this stop the walkers reaching the Forresters Arms for lunch?

Cunningly the walkers constructed a bridge over the worst of the mud that enabled their passage to the Forresters Arms without further delay

Just one more bridge had to be crossed before Kilburn came into sight and the walkers knew that their mission would be a success

Soup with chips was selected by the majority of the walkers at the Forresters Arms, before heading, via the Mouseman Furniture showroom nextdoor, back to their cars.

A one mile steep road climb was accomplished taking the walkers back to their cars.  However, it was remarked how fresh the walkers looked after their legendry walk. 

Six eager walkers arrived in Preston-under-Scar and after the customary group photo set off thinking about the proposed lunchtime stop in Redmire, in the bright sunshine

The walkers were pleased to find a good supply of bridges on-route

The cunning walkers detective skills soon located the hidden remnants of a long lost railway.  They agreed to meet at a future time to repair the line and restore train services for the locals.   However, they agreed that this work should not interrupt their planned lunch stop

Great views of Penhill were seen as the walkers headed towards Redmire

When the walkers managed to pass a flooded section of the roadway - thus saving their lunchtime plans 

Scenes of great excitement were witnessed when Redmire came into sight.

Lunch at the Redmire Village Pub proved most successful

The walkers were reluctant to leave their corner in the sun, but vowed to return again on another day

Seven super fit walkers arrived in the village of Newton-le-Willows ready to set off on their walk of discovery and education

If only a bridge could have been constructed over this waterway!!!

Yet more styles came into view!!

BUT WHERE WERE ALL THE BRIDGES!!!

The walkers entertained themselves during the hunt for bridges

But John showed some reluctance to leave the park

Lunch was enjoyed in the sunshine with good food and ale at the Bay Horse Inn in Crakehall, but they remained perturbed and anxious that no bridges had been discovered

The walkers can be seen here rushing to find a bridge!!

SUCCESS - The bridges were now discovered and added to the Ordnance Survey maps of the area.  The walkers were triumphant.

The walkers questioned the logic of the locals

The walkers were proud of their achievements on yet another historic walk