Thursday 26 December 2024 - Appleton

Our regular Christmas walk took place on Boxing Day, following a familiar 10 km route, starting at Hillside Road, by Owens Corner, Pewterspear.

Sue and I were joined by Richard, Jenny and Bridget for a slow-paced stroll due to me having to take care not to aggravate my knee problem. I was planning to 'retire' to the London Bridge Inn after reaching the 5km point where we squeezed onto a bench for elevenses. 

But the knee wasn't getting worse, in fact the careful walk seems to have benefited it. I was able to continue after some passers-by had kindly recorded the occasion for us.

It was a misty day, so few pictures were taken as we passed through The Dingle, Lumb Brook Valley, and Fords Rough.

Sue was quite happy with the slow pace, as she could examine fungi and catch up easily if she could see where we'd gone.

Turkey Tail fungus

Turkey Tail fungus

Ceramic fungus

Turkey Tail fungus

Oak Bracket fungus

Sheathed Woodtuft fungus

Leafy Brain fungus

The double-faced sculpture of Janus at Owens Corner marked the end of this 10km stroll, after which we returned home for lunch.

Here's the route, it took us a little over 2 hours plus our half hour elevenses break. We've been here before on numerous occasions.

A walks/rides programme for the start of 2025 will soon be planned, and will be appended here, as well as on our topwalks.com website.