Dave H led this walk to remember Paul Brown a long time member of OOS who passed away in August 2023. A short circular walk, stopping off at New Moss Wood where Paul’s ashes have recently been scattered. It will be a chance for us to remember Paul and enjoy some beautiful and surprising countryside in Salford.
This was billed as an easy, flat 4-mile, circular walk through Salford farmland, but ended up slightly longer! Taking in New Moss Wood and Little Woolden Moss. The area is part of Great Manchester Wetlands – containing a variety of habitats, such as water, fen, wet grassland, wet woodland and lowland raised bog. The Wetlands is a diverse landscape designated as a Nature Improvement Area stretching over 48,000 hectares and this wider incredible landscape encompasses the wetlands of Wigan, the Mosslands in Salford and Warrington and the Mersey Wetlands corridor stretching from Rixton to the Manchester Ship Canal. We got to experience a small part of the wetlands on our walk. See: Carbon Landscape for more info.
To end the walk we retired to The Station Irlam for some rather lush cakes and a well deserved beer for those who fancied one. The weather stayed fine and thunder was only heard as we left the cafe to head home.
