It’s
not often I go on a walk to such a small hill that isn’t on my ticklist, but as
this was the President’s Walk of the Merseyside Mountaineering Club on the day
after the club’s Annual Dinner, I thought it would blow the cobwebs away. The weather forecast was for good conditions
and it thankfully lived up to expectations as the northern edge of Storm Angus
made its way to our south.
We
started at the Cheshire Workshops and joined the Sandstone Trail just north of
Higher Burwardsley. We reached Bulkeley
Hill and enjoyed the views of the Cheshire Plain. We left the Trail and passed Chiflik Farm to
regain it, walking north along the sandstone escarpment and taking care not to
slip as consequences of a fall had the potential to ruin your day as the drop
was significant and steep in places.
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| Raw Head trig point |
Raw
Head is the highpoint of the Sandstone Trail from where the tallest buildings
in Liverpool can be fairly easily identified.
Summit photos taken, we marked the end of the walk with a late lunch in
The Pheasant Inn; the fish finger butty is recommended !
