Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston (26th January 2019)

Vidcast #14

3.16Km Brockholes Nature Reserve 

(26th January 2019)

Today I drove to the Brockholes Nature Reserve to enjoy a meander in a pleasant environment, albeit a little traffic noisy from the M6.

Our walk took us from the car park up to the "standing stones" past walkways out over meres, lakes, pools, etc., and to our right, the River Ribble.

We were both please to see the "Long Horned Cattle" used to maintain the environment.

We went into "The Look Out", one of many hides; I was annoyed with myself having forgotten my monocular!

The hide had lots of information available for visitors.

We continue down to the River Ribble and headed upstream and back to the spectacular "Floating Visitor Village", the first of its kind in the UK, bringing you as close to nature as possible. 

The Visitor Village hosts a Welcome Centre, an activity room, the Lakeside Reed Bed Restaurant, The Nest gift shop and Coots, which is the perfect place to get a quick snack.

We went to the Lakeside Reed Bed Restaurant and enjoyed a large cake and a drink, however the other Food options were excellent and very good value for money.

"As you can see, the
environment was very pleasant"

After our "snack" we headed off home, remembering to pay on the way out.
we also spotted our first Pussy Willow bud of 2019.

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