Category Archives: Sunday Group

It was an overcast and mild day, with hardly any wind, so the canal was calm and flat, and all the early wayside flowers were coming out. We met at Central Station at 10am, took the Ormskirk train at 10.10 … Continue reading →

It was a cool, cloudy morning with a promise of rain from midday. We took the 82A from Liverpool ONE bus station at 10.17, arriving at Hale Village at 11am. Hale is famous for the 16th century giant, John Middleton … Continue reading →

What a glorious day it was! We walked the new footpath from Seacombe to Woodside, through Birkenhead docks. It’s the most recent addition to the Wirral Circular Trail, opened up last September after a 12-year campaign by a Wirral resident. … Continue reading →

Blossom is starting to burst out everywhere, especially on all the splendid Magnolias we admired from the bus on the way to Lydiate. It still isn’t really warm, but dry and overcast, with a freshening breeze, very clear views from … Continue reading →

This was a joint MNA / Sunday Group walk.  On a cloudy day with a forecast of rain, two MNA members joined the Sunday Group at Queen Square, with the rest of the MNA expected to be on the 18 … Continue reading →

Spring has definitely arrived. I enter in evidence ducklings, mating coots and mating toads. Hooray! We took the X2 bus to Bridge Road, Seaforth and headed for Old Roan. It was an overcast and windy day, with one rain shower … Continue reading →

The winter may be over, but spring still hasn’t properly arrived. It was cool today, with a weak sun, but at least not the freezing weather that we’ve had for so long. We took the 487 bus from Sir Thomas … Continue reading →

Another very cold day, only just above freezing, with a biting east wind. It had snowed in the week, but it was mostly gone in the Liverpool area, just remaining on the roofs and lawns. It was a day of … Continue reading →

It was a day of mixed weather, overcast and drizzly as we met at Liverpool ONE bus station, but the sun came out as we made our way through Albert Dock to the riverside. The Liverpool half marathon was nearly … Continue reading →

This year we plan to walk along the canal in sections, starting at Sandhills. It was a grey, overcast and cold day, with spits and spots of snow, not the best of days to be amongst the rather grim post-industrial … Continue reading →