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This route avoids two unnecessary crossings of the fast A586 at Great Eccleston and is consequently more direct. It also has some corrections to problems I found when I walked it
This route avoids two unnecessary crossings of the fast A586 at Great Eccleston and is consequently more direct. It also has some corrections to problems I found when I walked it
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Elswick
Grid Ref
SD4223138377
Lat / Lon
53.83843° / -2.87937°
Easting / Northing
342,231E / 438,377N
What3Words
rejoined.appendix.muted
Garstang
Grid Ref
SD4915445288
Lat / Lon
53.90126° / -2.77532°
Easting / Northing
349,154E / 445,288N
What3Words
cupboards.pianists.rezoning
Elswick | |
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Grid Ref | SD4223138377 |
Lat / Lon | 53.83843° / -2.87937° |
Easting / Northing | 342,231E / 438,377N |
What3Words | rejoined.appendix.muted |
Garstang | |
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Grid Ref | SD4915445288 |
Lat / Lon | 53.90126° / -2.77532° |
Easting / Northing | 349,154E / 445,288N |
What3Words | cupboards.pianists.rezoning |
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review
Mary Oz
26 May 2023Leaving Elswick there were several fields to cross, some with beautiful wild flowers (in May), others with scary wild cows (maybe not wild but definitely very frisky). You might prefer to walk the roads (B5269, mostly with a narrow pavement, and Watery Gate Lane).
At Almond’s Farm the farmer has rerouted the PRoW, blocking the original footpath with robust fencing, but not signposting it. It took me a while to find how to get beyond the field boundaries, but the plotted route to Wyre Hall should now work. However, the bridge over the drainage channel has gates which were easier to climb than to open! I imagine it could get very muddy around here too. Also, approaching Wyre Hall, there is a set of stables not marked on the OS Map and the enclosed overgrown path alongside this, was accessed by a “gate” of two ropes and a hi-vis jacket!
The field footpaths around here don’t appear to be walked very often, and the farmers have taken advantage by planting right up to the very edge. I emerged, via overgrown stiles, into St Michael’s in Wyre, hoping for the rest of the route to be well maintained as it was part of the Wyre Way long distance route. I was to be disappointed.
After the footbridge next to the busy road bridge there was a short section next to the river but then I had to exit back out to the busy A586. I had chats with two separate locals who confirmed that it was necessary to walk the main road (mostly with a pavement) for about half a mile, because the original route, as shown on the OS Map, has been purloined by local house owners and in particular by some campsite owners. This happened some decades ago, apparently, and wasn’t questioned at the time.
When I was eventually able to access the path, which goes along the top of the flood defence embankment, the grass, flowers and nettles had reached waist height, so I cheated slightly and walked alongside it in the field, until the point where it is necessary to come back to the road to cross a channel flowing into the River Wyre. After this the main path was not so overgrown and I was able to follow it.
This was nice for a short way, but then descended through a jungle of Himalayan Balsam and was quite close to the water for a while. I was not comfortable with this section and was concentrating on where I put my feet. There were lots of dragonflies out in the evening sun though.
Eventually the path rose again and became much easier. It crossed a river loop in a pretty straight line, then crossed a deep gully on a metal footbridge before skirting some water works, and then arrived into Churchtown. This was a very pretty village, spoilt only by parked cars. From Churchtown the route was all hard-surfaced and easy to follow, and I heard a woodpecker and saw rabbits and maybe a hare.
The A6 tends to be busy and fast but with vehicles in clumps, so it’s usually not too difficult to cross. The gate through the hedge on the Garstang side of the A6 was difficult to spot, but is accurately plotted, and was just a little way along the verge, from where the pavement stops. The walk into Garstang was pleasant and straightforward.
So a mixed route, with some lovely bits and some frustrating or difficult bits too.
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