Venue: Bretherton Moor
Date: Monday 24th July 2017
Weather: Fine Sunny Warm
Leader: Graham Thomas
Party Number: 20
Distance and Time: 3.5 miles 2.5 hours
The Blue Anchor Pub at Bretherton was the meeting for 20 people On a beautiful Summer's evening. We set off and walked down through the Village to the left on South Road. We soon found a path into a field and crossed to a Lane on an old part of Croston. We continued to the left down Sarah Lane to a junction were we turned left onto Back Lane. We continued to Bretherton Road and turned right then crossed into Bretherton Pools and Followed the River Lostock then left along Wymott Brook. As we were on an embankment we could see across the rough scrub area of Bretherton Pools. A path with stile on right took us out of the Pools and along the overgrown Wymott Brook to a Footbridge. We continued along an embankment then a path to left that took us around several fields and back to the pub.
There were lots of Yellow Buntings around plus Swallows, Swifts, and Martins. We watched a family of Whitethroats flitting in the tops of some Cow Parsley.
Some of the Group retired to The Lord Nelson in Croston and sat outside after a beautiful summer’s evening walk.
Date: Monday 24th July 2017
Weather: Fine Sunny Warm
Leader: Graham Thomas
Party Number: 20
Distance and Time: 3.5 miles 2.5 hours
The Blue Anchor Pub at Bretherton was the meeting for 20 people On a beautiful Summer's evening. We set off and walked down through the Village to the left on South Road. We soon found a path into a field and crossed to a Lane on an old part of Croston. We continued to the left down Sarah Lane to a junction were we turned left onto Back Lane. We continued to Bretherton Road and turned right then crossed into Bretherton Pools and Followed the River Lostock then left along Wymott Brook. As we were on an embankment we could see across the rough scrub area of Bretherton Pools. A path with stile on right took us out of the Pools and along the overgrown Wymott Brook to a Footbridge. We continued along an embankment then a path to left that took us around several fields and back to the pub.
There were lots of Yellow Buntings around plus Swallows, Swifts, and Martins. We watched a family of Whitethroats flitting in the tops of some Cow Parsley.
Some of the Group retired to The Lord Nelson in Croston and sat outside after a beautiful summer’s evening walk.
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