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266 am Preston to Freckleton

‘Purgatory’ I wrote on my map afterwards, to remind myself of my suffering! Continue reading

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265 Tarleton to Preston

After my thwarted attempt to walk down the other side of this river yesterday, I wonder if the damaged sign is a bad omen. Continue reading

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264 Crossens to Hesketh Bank

Today my walk gets off to a bad start and comes to a bad end. But the middle section is wonderful. Continue reading

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263 Formby, Southport, Crossens

I find it amazing that the sea, during its regular ebb and flow, can create so many different textures and surfaces on the same stretch of sands. Continue reading

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262b Crosby to Formby

What a beach! Acres and acres of empty sand, like a desert. Continue reading

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262a Crosby Beach

There are 100 of the figures, stretching for 3 km along the beach and extending for 1 km out to sea. The walking dead, Continue reading

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261 Liverpool to Crosby

That wretched Ferry Cross the Mersey song starts worming through my head again. Then here it comes: the most brightly coloured ferry I’ve ever seen. Continue reading

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260 West Kirkby to Birkenhead

I start from the quiet resort of West Kirby, plod along one of the longest promenades I have ever encountered, before descending into the bowels of Birkenhead. Continue reading

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259 evening – Hilbre Island

The rocks here are very red – the Wirral’s own version of Ayers Rock. But is the tide coming in faster than I can run? Continue reading

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259 Heswall to West Kirby

I meet a horse in a Mackintosh, resist an ice cream van, and walk on water… well, almost. Continue reading

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