Programme

MNA PROGRAMME FOR 2023

COACH TRIPS & LOCAL WALKS IN 2023

WALKS ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE WALK LEADER AND MAY BE AMENDED DUE TO TRAVEL DISRUPTION OR CANCELLED AT SHORT NOTICE DUE TO ILLNESS.

PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION BEFORE TRAVELLING

John's mid-week walks are of shorter duration but bring a packed lunch for Seema's mid-week walks 

Sat 21st Jan Lunt Meadows. Meet Waterloo Station at 10.45 for the 133 bus or meet 11.30 in car park; entrance on Lunt Road between Lunt and Homer Green (Alexander Mansfield) Conditions on the reserve are currently very muddy - wellingtons recommended!

Tues 31^st Jan Pickerings Pasture. Meet 11.00 Visitor Centre. (Seema Aggarwal). Includes visit to Hale Duck Decoy. Bring packed lunch.

Thurs 23rd Feb Sefton Park. Meet 11.00 Small Boathouse Café (John Clegg)

Sat 4th March Wigan Flashes. Meet at Lime Street Station for the 9.45 train or 11.00 at Wigan Pier. (Sabena Blackbird)

Thurs 23^rd March Stanley Park. Meet 11.00 Dixie Dean Statue, Everton Football Club. Buses X3, 19, 68 (John Clegg)

Sat 22^nd April Frodsham Marshes. Meet 10.30 on Marsh Lane at bridge over the motorway. [9.52 train Chester-Frodsham] (Dave Peate) Regretfully cancelled due to a lack of walk leader

Thurs 27^th April Waterloo Lake and Gardens. Meet 11.00 Waterloo Railway Station. Bus 53 (John Clegg)

Tues 9^th May Halewood Park. Meet 11.00 Hunts Cross Station (Seema Aggarwal). Bring packed lunch

Sat 13^th May COACH Lake Vyrnwy RSPB Reserve. 8.30 Rocket (Crimpers), 8.45 William Brown Street, 9.00 Conway Park, 9.15 Bromborough Village. £25 (Dave Bryant)

Sun 21^st May Dibbinsdale. Meet 11.00 Bromborough Rake Station (Sabena Blackbird)

Sat 3^rd June COACH Dovestones Reservoir. 8.30 Bromborough, 8.45 Conway Park, 9.00 William Brown Street, 9.15 Rocket (start M62) £25 (Dave Bryant)

Tues 13^th June Childwall Woods. Meet 11.00 Aldbourne Avenue by roundabout.  (Seema Aggarwal)

Sat 24^th June COACH Cannock Chase. 8.30 Bromborough, 8.45 Conway Park, 9.00 William Brown Street, 9.15 Rocket (start M62) £25 (Dave Bryant)

Sat 8^th July Ness Gardens. Meet 9:30 Sir Thomas Street for the Arriva 487 bus  or 10:45 at Ness Gardens. Entrance fee applies: £7.50 adults, £1.00 University Liverpool Staff & Students, Free -Friends of Ness Gardens (Sabena Blackbird)

Sat 12^th Aug COACH Old Moor RSPB Reserve. 8.30 Bromborough, 8.45 Conway Park, 9.00 William Brown Street, 9.15 Rocket (start M62) £25 (Alexander Mansfield)

Sat 9^th Sept COACH Brockholes.  8.30 Bromborough, 8.45 Conway Park, 9.00 William Brown Street, 9.15 Rocket (start M62) £25 (Sabena Blackbird)

Sat 30^th Sept Fungi Foray – Marford Quarry. Meet Liverpool Central for 9:30 train to Chester then Arriva 1 bus to Marford (Dave Bryant / Sabena Blackbird)

Tues 3^rd Oct Reynolds Park. Meet 11.00 Post Office, Woolton Village (Seema Aggarwal)

Sat 7^th Oct Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB Reserve. Meet 11am car park (Alexander Mansfield)

Wed 18^th Oct Croxteth Country Park. Meet 11.00 Car Park off Muirhead Avenue entrance. Bus 18 (John Clegg)

Sat 11^th Nov Marshside RSPB. Meet 11.30 in car park. [9:30 train from Liverpool Central to Southport then 44 bus from Hoghton Road.] (Alexander Mansfield)

Thurs 23^rd Nov Princes Park. Meet 11.00 Corner Belvedere and Ullet Roads. Buses 60, 82 (John Clegg)

Sat 9^th Dec Xmas Meal. Green Lodge Hotel, Stanley Road, Hoylake 12noon

There will be committee meetings 6.00 – 8.00 p.m. at the Vernon Arms on 23^rd January, 20^th March, 8^th May, 3^rd July, 4^th September and 2^nd October.