Wednesday October 29th. A Short trip to Japan. 13.5 miles. Leader: Roger Jackson.

Sixteen walkers set off from the Cheetham Pub car park at 10.00 am. The weather was surprisingly good, much better than had been forecast. We knew it would be wet underfoot but not a problem for a rugged group like us. 

Leaving the estate we headed over a field then crossing Belmont road and up Horrocks Fold, over the top of the quarries, and eventually after a slight deviation, because of the shooting range being active ( big minus points for the leader already), up onto Horrock's Moor. We then turned left across Smithill's Moor towards the Winter Hill Mast, incorporating a small diversion to Norman's famous 'Bolton Beach'   . The weather was still clear and allowed us fine views for our morning coffee stop just next to the mast itself.

We then continued on dropping down to Two Lads cairn, then to Pike Cottage where we showed tremendous discipline not stopping, to eventually reach our lunch stop, by the lake in the picturesque Japanese Gardens.

Onward to the top of Rivington Pike , then straight across the very muddy Rivington Moor returning to Winter Hill. A detour round a series of fences then left onto the main track to descend down to Belmont Road and down the track to Longworth Clough where we had our afternoon coffee / sweets stop next to Eagley Brook.

Next we continued down the clough passing Dunscar Golf Club then right on main road up to the Cheetham Pub for a 4.10 pm and finish of a good day with a deserved pint in the pub. Some of us also enjoyed one of  their excellent pizza's

Thanks to all who joined me and  put up with my bad jokes.

Cheers

Roger

Sunday October 19th. An Amble from Abbey Village. 18 miles. Leader: Steve Clark.

Number on walk: 6

Weather: Dry to begin with, but wet from 11am on. Around 12C and breezy

Stats: 18 miles and 600 metres (2,000’)of ascent.

Start the walk on time at 9am. Two refreshment breaks were taken. The first being after 6 miles at the picnic site, Belmont, with toilet facilities. It started to drizzle here and stayed mainly wet for the rest of the walk. The second stop was made at 14 miles, White Coppice, and we sat on the porch of the cricket pavilion there for lunch. We were back to the start/end by 3 30pm.

Thanks to the others on the walk for their company.

Steve

Wednesday October 15th. Leaves are Falling, Autumn's Calling. 11 miles. Leader: Noreen Martin.

Number on walk – 8 - 7 LDWA members, 1 from Meetup

Distance – 11 miles

A cloudy, but dry day with temps around 13C.

A nice stroll along paths and lanes around Maghull and beyond. This walk took in two train stations, Maghull North, home to the Compassion in Conflict (Shell Shock) memorial, and Maghull, crowned Best Railway Station in Britain for 2024! We passed through Mossock Hall Golf Club, Simonswood, with views across to the remains of the WW 2 ROF site, and Melling, before winding our way back along the Leeds Liverpool canal. 

We also took in the homes of famous 20th century author Raphael Sabitini, and Frank Hornby, creator of Hornby railways and the legendary Meccano. We also took a coffee stop at the Bootle Arms at Melling.

Noreen.

Wednesday October 8th. Cutacre Canter. 14 miles. Leaders: Dave Walsh.

Nine of us set off from the car park at Cutacre. The first couple of miles we followed paths on the Country Park before crossing over the train line & making our way  to Astley Street Park in Tyldesley where we had our morning break.

Some road walking took us to Colliers Wood & then across the guided bus way to the woods at Lilford Park in Leigh. Coming out of the woods we sat in the park in the sunshine & had lunch.

In the afternoon we followed the path along the bus way before turning up Millers Lane to Atherton. From here we reentered the Country Park finishing just before 3pm.

Dave Walsh

Wednesday October 1st. In search of 007. 11 miles. Leaders: Paul and Jeanette Banks.

15 walkers and 1 dog arrived in Colne on a damp misty morning to complete a walk taking in 3 Lancashire trig points.   It was a challenging 11 mile walk with 1700 foot of ascent on some slippery paths due to the rain.

Most of the day remained misty but dry with few of the panoramic views visible.  The hills with trig points were Lower Hill, Kelbrook Moor and Knarr Hill.  Everyone seemed to enjoyed the walk with lots of chatter throughout the day.  A number of folk also stopped at the Ball Grove Cafe for a brew at the end of the walk.

A quick note on the 007 reference in the title - Roger Moor is the name of the Moor next to Kelbrook Moor!