Author Archives: Barbara

Today’s walk covered the last stretch of the Leeds-Liverpool canal that we plan to attempt. It was a dry and overcast day, very mild for December at about 10°C (50°F). After the train to Ormskirk then a bus to Heaton’s … Continue reading →

It’s starting to get wintry now. There was hail and frost in the week, and there are drifts of autumn leaves underfoot. But today was mild, overcast and dry. We took the 130 bus to the junction of the Northern … Continue reading →

This was our longest run on the 300 bus, and we didn’t get to Halsall until well after 11. It was a damp and misty day, but calm and mild. As we walked down Summerwood Lane from Halsall Church towards … Continue reading →

It was Remembrance Sunday, so we chose the service at Hamilton Square. We have found Liverpool to be too crowded, we arrive too late at Southport for a good spec and the Bootle service isn’t our favourite, so Birkenhead is … Continue reading →

After a windy night, which blew my rubbish bins around, it was a day of mixed sunshine, heavy showers and rainbows. The sun was shining as we walked down to the canal just below Chester Station and headed for the … Continue reading →

It was a wet morning, and the south of England was gearing up for a big storm, but the weather forecast for the Haskayne area was for sunshine, and so it turned out to be. This historic stretch of the … Continue reading →

It’s still warm, with showers between the sunshine. They are refurbishing King’s Gardens with the help of Lottery money, so the café was surrounded with hoardings and many of the Victorian shelters are being dismantled. On  the lawns after a … Continue reading →