Willenhall Healthy Walks

Since March this year (in fact I joined on the first day of Spring) every Tuesday afternoon has been dedicated to a ramble through the Willenhall countryside. The aim is health and fitness, under the guidance of our Walks Leader, Rachel. We meet up at 2pm outside Willenhall Library, come rain or shine, and strike out from there in whatever direction the fancy takes us.So far I have managed 22 walks, but there are keen members of the group who have never missed a single one.




Bat boxes in the woods: they have a ladder of mesh so the bats can crawl up to their refuge


These walks have brought home to me just how lucky we are to have so much green space in which to wander freely. The River Sowe contributes so much to our area: it's beautiful, ever-changing, and because of its liability to flood, it guarantees us a large area which can never be built on.

Part of the Seven Arches Viaduct over the Sowe

On rare hot afternoons, we strolled through Willenhall Woods, where we came across a very strange carving on a tree stump, which really intrigued us.




A mysterious character


We have really got to know the secret paths and remote spots where the noise of the traffic seems very far away and you could imagine yourself in deep countryside. We've watched the seasons change, as buds became blossom and the berries ripened. Now we're into Autumn, and I for one am looking forward to wrapping up warm and seeing what our wonderful landscape has to offer as the days shorten and the year turns.

So why not come and join us? 2pm, outside Willenhall Library, next Tuesday? It's a date!