Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 31st August 2016 Three Legged Cross Rob Rob, Clive, Peter, Ray 7.5 miles Vintage Inn, Three Legged Cross ★★★★☆ |
Having found our way down to the road we crossed over towards Ashley Heath. We were amazed to see an old station sign for "Ashley Heath" which none of us had seen before. The station was originally opened in 1927 and finally closed as part of the "Beeching Axe" in 1964.
We stayed on the Castlemain Trail for a while but hit a snag. Rob's plan was to take the track past Little Lions Farm and back to Wools Bridge. Unfortunately this was gated and a sign clearly said No Access. We decided to press on leaving the trail at the next Footbridge. We headed towards the Depot and it became apparent after a while that we were getting into some difficult and very uneven ground. We stumbled around for a while, starting to feel pretty hot, but eventually found our way out through an area where they were carrying out some major earthworks.
Another good walk on a warm day with some sun and some threatening cloud. Just a little bit more than we had bargained for.
We were all quite shattered by the time we got back to the pub but we soon recovered and had a very pleasant lunch.