The Wirral Way

[underworld]

Just got back from 2 days at the Caravan club site in Thurstaston where I have been many times before. Its a cracking little site and the area is a jewel of Merseyside. Outside of the gates is "The Wirral Way" which is a developed Railway embankment that runs from West Kirby to Hooton - a distance of 12 miles. What a fabulous place! We took our bikes and cycled the first day from Thurstaston to Parkgate and had a home made ice cream and back again. That was a total of about 8 miles. Yesterday we went the other way and cycles to West Kirby and had a walk around.

Its abeautiful place and is well used by cyclists, horse riders, people with dogs, runners etc. There is a bird watch at Thurstaston where you can sit in the hide and watch all sorts of birds feeding.

Then you can walk on the shingle beach at the Deeside sailing club. Such a lovely area, I recommend it. Turn into the road opposite the Cottage Loaf pub, Telegraph Road, Heswall and follow it all the way down to the bottom. :snf (41):

[Pennylane]

Sounds lovely UW , a nice bit of peace , in the great outdoors :)

[underworld]

Its lovely Debs, really peacefull and clean.

[Kev]

I walked the Wirral Way many times as a kid and loved every minute of it :) As an adult I have cycled it too :)

[Pennylane]

I love it over the water , some lovely places there ...

[underworld]

I love it over the water , some lovely places there ...

Is is, especially from Parkgate up to West Kirby. Big money too!

[lindylou]

Yes, it's very pleasant there. Had some nice walks there in the past, and nice in the autumn when the berries are out. Is that where the old station is Hadlow rd ?

[Pennylane]

Is is, especially from Parkgate up to West Kirby. Big money too!

I took a little drive up to Formby woods today , nothing much doing there though , not sure where all the squirrels have gone , you tend to see more in winter .

[pablo42]

Is is, especially from Parkgate up to West Kirby. Big money too!

Wallasey is beter UW.

[underworld]

Yeah right Pabs. You mean Murder mile!

Yes where the old Railway station was linda. Theres also a static site down there. I enquired last year, £82,000 for a caravan! Apparently you buy the land too. My daughters like to pick the berries and one wants to be a professional berry picker when she gets older.

[pablo42]

Yeah right Pabs. You mean Murder mile!

Yes where the old Railway station was linda. Theres also a static site down there. I enquired last year, £82,000 for a caravan! Apparently you buy the land too. My daughters like to pick the berries and one wants to be a professional berry picker when she gets older.

Murder Mile? Where's that?

[underworld]

Wallasey, loads of murders there.

[pablo42]

Wallasey, loads of murders there.

I'm getting a bad reputation around here...

[jennie]

I'm not from the Liverpool area, but my partner lives on Wirral, I adore the place, so many places to visit.
Your so lucky.

[underworld]

Its got everything on the Wirral Jennie. Lovely area.

[jennie]

Can you suggest somewhere to go to on Sunday, my partner and myself are off work. Hate staying in when its my only day off.

[underworld]

You can park the car where the arrow is on this map and walk on the beach past the cottages and up the steps to the bird hide/centre. If you get the weather, you could be anywhere.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=323005&y=384065&z=3&sv=323005,384065&st=4&tl=~&bi=~&lu=N&ar=y

Or you could go uo to West kirby where the sailing lake is and the sands looking over to Hilbre Island.

[jennie]

Thanks I will mention it to him, everytime i ask to go out he says 'well suggest somewhere'. Thanks you've helped so much now.

[underworld]

Good luck!

[gynsman]

Just got back from 2 days at the Caravan club site in Thurstaston where I have been many times before. Its a cracking little site and the area is a jewel of Merseyside. Outside of the gates is "The Wirral Way" which is a developed Railway embankment that runs from West Kirby to Hooton - a distance of 12 miles. What a fabulous place! We took our bikes and cycled the first day from Thurstaston to Parkgate and had a home made ice cream and back again. That was a total of about 8 miles. Yesterday we went the other way and cycles to West Kirby and had a walk around.

Its abeautiful place and is well used by cyclists, horse riders, people with dogs, runners etc. There is a bird watch at Thurstaston where you can sit in the hide and watch all sorts of birds feeding.

Then you can walk on the shingle beach at the Deeside sailing club. Such a lovely area, I recommend it. Turn into the road opposite the Cottage Loaf pub, Telegraph Road, Heswall and follow it all the way down to the bottom. :snf (41):

Was over at West Kirby yesterday with my kids UW. We had a nice stroll around the marine lake and it was really peaceful. We'd already been to Arrowe Country Park earlier. On Tuesday took them to Royden Park, another beautiful piece of parkland that becomes Thurstaston Nature reserve. Also drove through Wallasey VERY QUICKLY to ensure my own safety (sorry Pabs)

[gynsman]

You can park the car where the arrow is on this map and walk on the beach past the cottages and up the steps to the bird hide/centre. If you get the weather, you could be anywhere.

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=323005&y=384065&z=3&sv=323005,384065&st=4&tl=~&bi=~&lu=N&ar=y

Or you could go uo to West kirby where the sailing lake is and the sands looking over to Hilbre Island.

Jennie, if you do go to West Kirby and the tide is out you might want to take the opportunity to walk over to Hilbre Island. Lovely walk over the sands and Hilbre itself is really interesting.

[Norm NZ]

Talking of Parkgate! hers a few photo's taken in 1982 on on of my trips back to the UK.

[Norm NZ]

"See Pablo! I do remember Parkgate!!!!!:)

[pablo42]

"See Pablo! I do remember Parkgate!!!!!:)

Ha, nice one Norm.

I never doubted you.

[wsteve55]

I took a little drive up to Formby woods today , nothing much doing there though , not sure where all the squirrels have gone , you tend to see more in winter .

Unfortunately, most of the red squirrel population has been kiiled off by a disease carried by grey's,who are immune to it! Lately though,there have been some promising signs of an increase in red squirrels,with some attempts to keep the grey's out of the Formby reserve!

[pablo42]

Was over at West Kirby yesterday with my kids UW. We had a nice stroll around the marine lake and it was really peaceful. We'd already been to Arrowe Country Park earlier. On Tuesday took them to Royden Park, another beautiful piece of parkland that becomes Thurstaston Nature reserve. Also drove through Wallasey VERY QUICKLY to ensure my own safety (sorry Pabs)

Oi! And you from Upton...

[wsteve55]

Jennie, if you do go to West Kirby and the tide is out you might want to take the opportunity to walk over to Hilbre Island. Lovely walk over the sands and Hilbre itself is really interesting.

But beware the incoming tide! More than a few have been stranded on the island, or worse!Great place though,sometimes you can see seels swimming around,but usually some way off!

[ItsaZappathing]

Talking of Parkgate! hers a few photo's taken in 1982 on on of my trips back to the UK.

Nice one Norm:PDT11

[suzi]

But beware the incoming tide! More than a few have been stranded on the island, or worse!Great place though,sometimes you can see seels swimming around,but usually some way off!

We used to go to Hilbre Island every Sunday. Lovely place

[pablo42]

We used to go to Hilbre Island every Sunday. Lovely place

We used to too. Had some fun times there.

[Ged]

Been to Thustaton a few times, Thor's stone/Thurstaton common - went with the school too on a geography field trip. Great scenery across the Dee to Mostyn. We used to go to West kirby when the girls were smaller and somehow, as always with my trips, we'd end up at the Ring O' Bells pub with its great outdoor activity area that'd keep the girls occupied for ages. Parkgate and Neston are great too.

[pablo42]

Been to Thustaton a few times, Thor's stone/Thurstaton common - went with the school too on a geography field trip. Great scenery across the Dee to Mostyn. We used to go to West kirby when the girls were smaller and somehow, as always with my trips, we'd end up at the Ring O' Bells pub with its great outdoor activity area that'd keep the girls occupied for ages. Parkgate and Neston are great too.

The Ring o' Bells was the first pub to go smoke free a few years ago.

[Ged]

Aye, I remember them being on the radio at the time.

[underworld]

Here is one of my postcards, Parkgate and the car registration is from 1938. Note the river Dee at full tide.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/2568676388_4b2840f56b_b.jpg

[pablo42]

Nice one UW. It's one of the few places that hasn't changed much. Still recognise it.

[underworld]

Wasn't Parkgate the first place in Britain to recieve news of Nelsons victory at trafalgar? Dont know where I heard that but its stuck in my head.

[pablo42]

Wasn't Parkgate the first place in Britain to recieve news of Nelsons victory at trafalgar? Dont know where I heard that but its stuck in my head.

Why would that be? I'da thought it'd be Plymouth. Just a guess though.

[Diane Louise]

Just got back from 2 days at the Caravan club site in Thurstaston where I have been many times before. Its a cracking little site and the area is a jewel of Merseyside. Outside of the gates is "The Wirral Way" which is a developed Railway embankment that runs from West Kirby to Hooton - a distance of 12 miles. What a fabulous place! We took our bikes and cycled the first day from Thurstaston to Parkgate and had a home made ice cream and back again. That was a total of about 8 miles. Yesterday we went the other way and cycles to West Kirby and had a walk around.

Its abeautiful place and is well used by cyclists, horse riders, people with dogs, runners etc. There is a bird watch at Thurstaston where you can sit in the hide and watch all sorts of birds feeding.

Then you can walk on the shingle beach at the Deeside sailing club. Such a lovely area, I recommend it. Turn into the road opposite the Cottage Loaf pub, Telegraph Road, Heswall and follow it all the way down to the bottom. :snf (41):

Underworld, I know it well, been there many times. Not in a caravan but for day visits to the area. Used to go the Cottage Loaf (what is it like now), West Kirby marina, the Yacht pub at Woodside and Water World.

[underworld]

I had a pint in the cottage loaf a while back. Wasn't really impressed to be honest but there's loads of nice pubs on the peninsula. Gynsman, I was on the marina at West Kirby on Thursday. We rode our bikes to the bottom of the parade and were going to ride arounf the marina but no bikes are allowed! Still, it was a lovely day and is going to be a lovely weekend by the sound of it. A perfect place for a day out, take a picnic/ice creams etc

[gynsman]

Oi! And you from Upton...

Even worse Pabs, actually live on The Overchurch!!

[pablo42]

Even worse Pabs, actually live on The Overchurch!!

Ha, it's gone a lot better than it used to though.

[gynsman]

Ha, it's gone a lot better than it used to though.

Manage to raise it up a notch or two when I arrived!!

[pablo42]

Manage to raise it up a notch or two when I arrived!!

I did hear this...

[wsteve55]

I took a little drive up to Formby woods today , nothing much doing there though , not sure where all the squirrels have gone , you tend to see more in winter .


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Hi Dave,welcome to Yo!:nod: As for the squirrels,I'm afraid they very nearly died out,at Formby,and a few other places,due to disease! Fortunately,recent reports suggest a recovery/revival of the red squirrel,has begun,which is great news!