Forums
Posted By: Artymum Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 12:15pm
Free Wirral Walks!

Monday 31st May:
1.Historic Tranmere led by Roy Dennett
Tour of Holt Hill and Donkey Town, including the Tranmere Tunnels.
2. Foraging around Tranmere.
Tours starts 3pm at Tranmere Neighbourhood Resource Centre, Church Road (tour will last approx. 2 hours).

Tuesday 1st June:
1. Historic Seacombe led by Joanne Dickson
A walk along the promenade, includes the history of Seacombe Ferry, Guinea Gap baths, Wallasey Town Hall, Egremont Ferry and the River Mersey.
2. Wirralpedia Myths and Facts of Seacombe.
Tours starts 3pm at Seacombe Ferry, meet at the sand stone map, next to the taxi rank (tour will last approx. an hour and a half).

Wednesday 2nd June:
Birkenhead North Wirralpedia Walk - Facts and Myths of North Birkenhead
Tour starts 3pm outside BIRKENHEAD NORTH Rail station

Thursday 3rd June:
1. Historic Rock Ferry led by Roy Dennett
Includes the history of Rock Park.
2. Wirralpedia Myths and Facts of Rock Ferry
Tours starts at 3pm from Rock Ferry Neighbourhood Resource Centre, Bedford Road (tour will last approx. 2 hours).

Friday 4th June:
1. Historic South Birkenhead
2. Wirralpedia Myths and Facts of South Birkenhead
3. Foraging in South Birkenhead
Tours start at 3pm from Live Wirral Centre, Laird Street

Saturday 5th June
BIRKENHEAD PARK

Heath Walk
Nature Walk
Nordic Walk
Foraging in the park
Historic Birkenhead Park

Tours start at 2pm outside the Visitor Centre

Tours are FREE but booking is recommended. For more information, or to book a place e-mail [email protected] or phone Paul Kelly on 07793721221
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 1:30pm
Email to elaine wont deliver. Sent a text to paul hoping for 2 places on 2 walks, waiting on reply.
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 1:31pm
Email to elaine wont deliver. Sent a text to paul hoping for 2 places on 2 walks, waiting on reply.
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 2:23pm
strange on email - OK email me on [email protected] too - I'll make sure your places are booked
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 2:50pm
Hi. My google account wont let me email you either? frown i pm you but you over the pm limit.
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 3:45pm
Yer. Got me places!! Paul txtd back. yipee
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 6:20pm
Monday 31st May:
1.Historic Tranmere led by Roy Dennett
Tour of Holt Hill and Donkey Town, including the Tranmere Tunnels.
hmmmmmm! T.C. likes! grin
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 6:25pm
Aye. Saw the word tunnel and got my name on the list pronto! raftl
Posted By: Softy_Southerner Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 6:48pm
frown I won't be back in time
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 7:13pm
Originally Posted by Softy_Southerner
frown I won't be back in time
frown tell you all about it tuesday
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 7:21pm
Originally Posted by RUDEBOX
Originally Posted by Softy_Southerner
frown I won't be back in time
frown tell you all about it tuesday


email not working no
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 7:33pm
Text/ ring paul number in 1st post
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 7:34pm
Text/ ring paul number in 1st post. With saying that my email to artymum 'failed' but i did get a reply??
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 7:50pm
Artymum empty your pms please! smile
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 8:25pm
Originally Posted by TRANCENTRAL
Artymum empty your pms please! smile

thanks queen nice one! smile
Posted By: SUExx Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 8:26pm
Just booked my tranmere walk for monday as well
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 28th May 2010 8:57pm
Monday 31st May:
1.Historic Tranmere led by Roy Dennett
Tour of Holt Hill and Donkey Town, including the Tranmere Tunnels.

list started cool

1.RUDEBOX
2.PLUSONE
3.T.C
4.SUE
5.
6.
Posted By: Capt_America Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 29th May 2010 10:38pm
"Foraging in south Birkenhead"???
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 5:09pm
Yeah we're a bit worried about the foraging as no-one booked on yet but the guy who's leading the walks is really great and will be bringing along samples of things that can be cooked from foraging trips.

Who knows - we could find the next Bear Grylis or Ray Mears?

The evening projects in each area involve a mobile allotment that will be planted up over the course of the week (same team as the forager) and then a cycle powered cinema screening.
Hoping it will be a really good evening in each place.
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 5:16pm
How are the numbers for the rest of the walks?
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 6:01pm
Low frown - we'll be out in those areas leafleting each morning and it's all in a newspaper that was delivered to some 20K houses this week but still really low, which is a shame.

Think I've been given foraging duties tomorrow instead of history but there's nettle wine to be sampled at least smile
Posted By: MattLFC Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 6:05pm
It's low because of the need to book - id be interested (I mean I only live down the road from the Tranmere walk), but I aint into giving my details out to any random stranger etc...

Sorry, but the booking idea seems pointless. If numbers are low, then remove the obstacles.

20k leaflets? Ive not had one, you sure they are being delivered?
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 6:17pm
20K newspapers, they should have all been delivered Friday.

I know all Birkenhead and Seacombe HMR areas got them as I've had lots of feedback but Tranmere was on the list, we gave the delivery guy a map with the NRC on the centre and asked for a mile radius all around to be delivered. I'm glad you told me though as we do need to know if local people didn't receive them.

I wondered about the need to book too, it wasn't my idea, but the history guys wanted to know numbers so they wouldn't have too many (wishful thinking) so we just did a booking system for all.
However -

If you want to just turn up, it won't be a problem at all.
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 6:32pm
I live by Seacombe ferry+ never got a newspaper.
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 6:39pm
AM really worried now as we paid a small fortune to have the papers delivered. frown

Thinking of maybe combing the history/foraging walks - would that interest anyone?
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 6:46pm
That may be a good option. laugh
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 6:49pm
Plusone interested in the foraging too
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 30th May 2010 9:31pm
Think we'll have to wait and see - depends on walk leaders and planed routes.
Posted By: SUExx Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 12:37pm
are peeps still goin
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 12:53pm
I am! Plusone has bailed. U still coming sue?
Posted By: SUExx Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 12:56pm
yeah, getting train at 25 past 2 to green lane then walk up
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 1:11pm
Am walking over. Leaving now. C ya sn
Posted By: SUExx Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 1:12pm
ok
Posted By: SUExx Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 5:08pm
great walk, looked at places ive never seen before.
Posted By: TRANCENTRAL Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 6:17pm
fantastic walk today gang around tranmere would recommend it to anyone learn t a lot of history that i did not know and they did too! wink big thanks to Artymum for the heads up and the bottles of water! cool will put some pics up in a bit gang smile
had to laugh when the guide said about him and his friends putting the petition on wiki laugh raftl i just looked at Rude and said out loud wasn't that you? Rude went red blush
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 6:29pm
raftl i did'!! I was speechless.
V. Interesting walk tho. Loved the R.C Stuff+ the buried horse in whetstone lane. laugh
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 10:19pm
Thanks to you all for coming along, Giulia said it was really great too. Foraging was fab - tasted thistle and dandelion galore and learnt loads - most of the plants he was talking about are available en-masse at the butterfly park, might try and arrange a foraging day there now. At the end of the walk he put all the leaves we found with some garlic mustard leaves and wild rocket from Birkenhead Park and made a gorgeous salad that we had with bread rolls and tasted nettle wine(not for me that) but overall really good walk.
The event tonight went really well too, everyone in Tranmere got into the spirit of it and cycled for us, the smoothie maker bike went down a storm too.
Loads more going on all week, feel free to come along smile
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 10:43pm
Thanks artymum. Let you know if i get a leaflet tomorrow- i reckon Plusone + Croc could 'reach the Green' from ours as a tee off to the meeting point!
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 10:47pm
Wud like to attend the bbq too+ the historic film! Unfort. its Running Club nite+ so hope to get there for the arse-end of the bbq, just in time to watch the film?
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 10:57pm
We might start a little bit later tomorrow, just to get the dark night for the film so you'll still have time for a Burger - they were massive burgers tonight, all the local kids could only manage a half of one!
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 11:12pm
Ooh right! Thats great- wot an incentive to finish the Run!! Haha. Seriously, where are you housing the flim?
Posted By: Artymum Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 31st May 2010 11:25pm
Hmmm supposedly on the side of St Johns Church, Central Park, Liscard. However work are doing a reccy tomorrow, in case it's not suitable - it'll be around there somewhere if not, we have a screen we can use if we cant do the side of a building.
Posted By: RUDEBOX Re: Wirral 'Our Turf' Walks - 1st Jun 2010 12:32am
Sounds good! Be nice to see the Church in use again before its renovated into posh ville apartments!
© Wirral-Wikiwirral