Category Archives: Sunday Group

Another warm day, but overcast and sultry. Rice Lane City Farm is in the old Walton Park cemetery, and the entrance is on Rawcliffe Road. They keep Saddleback pigs, red cattle, a herd of small brown woolly sheep, a couple … Continue reading →

                    It was a scorcher today, hot with bright sunshine. We set off southwards along the footpath called Carr Lane, with a Robin calling. It’s a narrow path, thickly grown with … Continue reading →

Pex Hill, at a measly 200 ft (61m) stands so high above the Lancashire plain that Liverpool Astronomical Society has an Observatory there! It was a mostly wet day but even in those conditions, the views towards Liverpool were impressive. … Continue reading →

It was very hot and sunny, and we were happy to be in woodland shade for nearly all of our walk today. Our first birds were Swifts in Claughton, spotted from the bus. When we got off we turned straight … Continue reading →

After our canal walk from Liverpool to Burscough Bridge in eight short sections last year, we plan something more ambitious. Over the next couple of years we will tackle the Trans Pennine Trail from Southport, perhaps as far as Widnes. … Continue reading →

Chester Cathedral was having an Open Day today (there is usually a fee for entry) so that was a good excuse for a trip to Chester. We walked down the hill from the station and onto the canal. Our attention … Continue reading →

We met at the Pump House at Albert Dock on a cool, cloudy morning. We were joined by MNA member Chris F, who took us to see some Rue-leaved Saxifrage on the edge of Canning Graving Dock, where the ship … Continue reading →

We were joined by two MNA members today, Ron and Jim, who had been planning to visit Dibbinsdale at the height of the Wood Anemone season. Dibbinsdale is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) because it’s an ancient woodland. … Continue reading →

Today was much warmer, although it was overcast and hazy as we set out. From Thornton Hough we walked via Crofts Bank Cottages through field footpaths to Brimstage, then back a different way over half a dozen stiles. Most of … Continue reading →

As we waited in Lime Street for the rail replacement bus there was a spatter of rain with strong northerly gusts, but from the bus (which was a plush, warm coach) it seemed like a lovely spring day in the … Continue reading →