Category Archives: Sunday Group

Parkgate, 8th December 2013

Off to Parkgate on a fine sunny day, for our Christmas meal, and also with the prospect of seeing a Great White Egret. The RSPB had set up on the Mule Stand near the Christmas tree, for their “Skydancer” campaign … Continue reading

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Canal 8, Heaton’s Bridge to Burscough, 1st December 2013

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

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Sefton Meadows, 24th November 2013

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

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Canal 7, Halsall to Heaton’s Bridge

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

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Birkenhead and New Brighton, 10th November 2013

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

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Chester, 3rd November 2013

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

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Canal 6, Downholland to Halsall, 27th October 2013

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

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Southport, 20th October 2013

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

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Eastham, 29th September 2013

Another sunny day, which may be the last fine day before the autumn starts in earnest. We went to Eastham Village to see the old Yew tree there, which is probably the oldest tree on Merseyside. Believed to be about … Continue reading

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Blundellsands Park, 22nd September 2013

The mini-heatwave continues! It was overcast but remarkably warm for late September. We took the train to Blundellsands and Crosby station and followed The Serpentine around to the park gates. Blundellsands key park is one of the few members-only parks … Continue reading

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