The plan for tonight was to get the tent out, camp out in the back garden and have an early morning garden wildlife spotting session. My youngest daughter not so keen on camping out was showing interest in an evening walk somewhere so I shelved the camping until tomorrow night and instead took a drive out to the Fairy Glen in Appley Bridge.
The Fairy Glen noted as being one of the most picturesque woodlands in the West Lancashire Borough, is designated Biological Heritage Site status due to it's ancient woodland of oak, birch, ash and alder. The woodland floor is usually found to be covered with bluebells, wild garlic, ferns and red campion.
Sprodley Brook has overtime cut down through the underlying sandstone resulting in the steep Fairy Glen valley and it's spectacular waterfalls and cliff faces.
A walk through the Fairy Glen isn't a long one but it's a place where you never get bored of the beauty that greets you each visit. We arrived late in the evening and enjoyed a relaxing walk down to the bottom of the Glen and then back up to the car which was parked in a layby just over the road from the entrance on the A5209.
Entrance to the Glen on the A5209
Start of the path down through the glen
Brook crossing
Quiet woodland
Boardwalk over the muddy section
Buttercups
The top waterfall
Watching the water fall
Onwards and downwards
Steps down the glen
to the bottom waterfall
Fungi growing on
some rotted tree trunks
More Fungi
Bridge by the waterfall
Bridge over the brook
The bottom waterfall
Another shot of the waterfall
Daughter having a closer
inspection of the waterfall
Looking back to the bridge
Some other people
enjoying the view
Fairy Glen Waterfall
Five minute rest break
Bridge and the path
leading to the meadow
'The swamp'
Steps down to the
bottom of the Glen
The path ends just
beyond this stone path
The bridge at the bottom of the glen
Almost back up to the Waterfall
Steps on the way back up
The waterfall from the path on the hill
One of the many
paths through the Glen
Following the trail back up
through the Glen
Creeping Buttercups
Throwing sticks into the brook
Boardwalk on the way
back up the Glen
Brook
Boardwalk
Watching sticks in the brook
Fairy Glen
sound and vision
A quick tree hug before we leave
back up the Glen
Just been reading through your posts from this week, you have been to some nice places and like me been making the most of the warm, dry and wind free weather ! Love how bright your daughters red coat shows up in the dark wood, looks like "little red ridding hood " you might not be camping to night now its wet...or are you.
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I've known of Fairy Glen for years and never visited - really must make the effort. Like Amanda, I loved the splash of colour from your daughter's coat. Hope the weather is ok for your camping tonight.
ReplyDeleteYes, I too like the contrast of your daughter's red coat and the darkness under the trees. Fairy Glen looks a lovely place for an evening walk:)
ReplyDeleteThis looks a great place to explore - another place to put on my list! I think I might take a detour and visit this wood next time I'm heading north. Dave's parents live near Clitheroe so we head to Lancashire every so often.
ReplyDeleteWow, you have really done 30 days wild in style!
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