B Walk - Arnside Coast, Dallam Park and Fairy Steps with Judith Kirby
8 miles (12.9km) with 400ft (122m) Total Ascent
Meet behind the railway station (Sat Nav: LA5 0HG), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
We will park behind the railway station (Grid reference 462788). This area is accessed on the approach road from Milnthorpe. Before you go under the railway bridge and 50metres after the 30mph sign there is a rough track on the RHS which leads to this parking area.
The walk will initially take us along the sea shore then through Sandside via the old railway line which we will pick up again to lead us to Milnthorpe bridge and Dallam Park. Passing through Haverbrack we climb through the woods to the Fairy Steps and then down to Hazelslack. Dropping down to Arnside Moss we will return back to the sea shore and return to the start.
This is a lovely walk with uninterrupted views across the estuary to the Cumbria fells. The sea bird life along the coast is both plentiful and varied. Dallam Park should surprise you with its breeding herd of fallow deer and then what might we find at the Fairy steps and who will climb without touching the sides?
C Walk - Wrea Green with Bill Manning & Bob Tognarelli
4½ miles (7.25km) with little climbing
Meet on the village green in the opposite corner to the ‘The Grapes Pub’ with on street parking (Sat Nav PR4 2PH), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
This is a gentle walk for a warm summer day through the pleasant countryside around Wrea Green.
We initially follow the road to St Annes before joining a hedged lane signed as a public path, walking down the lane into fields which lead us to Brying Hall Lane. Turning left in the lane we follow the lane for ½ mile to Brying. Crossing the road to we pick up a country lane leading to Green Valley Farm and then Prospect Farm and lunch. We now cross fields to take us to Hill farm and the lane alongside Ribby Hall Village. The last of the walk is on the main road back leading to village centre, passing rows of attractive gardened terraces and thatched cottages on the way.