‘Walks in Mysterious Cheshire and Wirral’: the book
Fourteen circular walks through Cheshire and Wirral’s historic countryside
- Format: Paperback
- Size: 210mm x 135mm
- Pages: 160
- ISBN: 978-0-9553557-0-7
- Published: New edition 2006
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Synopsis
The best way to explore Cheshire — a landscape steeped in mystery — is on foot. This new and wholly revised edition of a classic walking book contains fascinating. easy to follow wals exploring the unexpected past — from quiet strolls to hill and country rambles, by river, wood and ancient lane.
Discover Pete Marsh — the bog man, a gypsy king’s grave, lost Roman and medieval roads, a church in the marshes, a ghostly duck and a headless procession, a stone elephant, a hermit’s cave, a haunted bridge, ancient copper mines, packhorse bridges, saltways and more.
Contents
- Parkgate and Neston walk: Along the changing shore
- Little Barrow walk: Across the Gowy marshes
- Hockenhull Platts walk: Packhorse bridges across the river Gowy
- Shocklach walk: Around Castletown
- Willington walk: Above ‘Little Switzerland’
- Delamere walk: Along Roman Watling Street – below the hillfort
- Peckforton walk: From the Stone Elephant to the Pheasant
- Bickerton walk: From Mad Allen’s Hole to Maiden Castle
- Tushingham walk: Dead ducks and diplomas
- Little Budworth walk: Remains of Mondrem
- Whitegate walk: Where Vale Royal Abbey stood
- Lindow Moss walk: In search of the Bog Man
- Alderley Edge walk: Across the copper hills
- Bollington walk: From White Nancy along Kerridge Ridge
Reviews and Endorsements
“The 14 walks in this book certainly unearth the essential spice of life in Cheshire. Mysterious? You bet. Now read on.”
— Patrick O’Neill, Editor, Cheshire Life magazine
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