Town Green for our 24th Wednesday Pub Lunch

Our 5.4519 miles (8.7741 km) route to Town Green (Brasserie), for lunch...

...and then onto the station, has been saved. 
The URL for this route is...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6667307

We caught a train back to Maghull and then a bus back home.
Again, I don't think I need to provide step by step directions as the path is fairly clear and the map will provide greater detail.
As always, on our Meanders around the North West, we see many things and some move me to take a picture with my phone. today we saw...

• An unlucky frog who didn't manage to cross the A59 (now a flat frog);

•  The first signs that harvest has started with part of a field of barley cut; brings back so many memories of my childhood at Broad Green and College Farms in Chevington;

•  rescued horses and donkeys...

•  various crops close to being ready to cut;

•  Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Creeping Thistles (Cirsium arvense) in among the crops;

•  Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)

•  large clumps of wool on barbed wire, where sheep passed through a fence;

•  a bridge over Sudell Brook

•  Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)

•  Well trimmed narrow paths;

•  Meadows with lots of Creeping Thistles (Cirsium arvense)

...and...

•  Swaiths of Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium)

 If you would like to see a video clip of those things plus the pub lunch visit...

https://sharalike.com/s/dWPd

...and/or watch the embedded clip below...

We eventually arrived at the Town Green for our Pub Lunch...

You can see what we thought, and how we rated the Town Green at...

http://maghullfoodie.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/the-town-green-brasserie-our-24th-w.html

All in all an enjoyable Meander...

Croxteth Hall & Country Park (Revisited)

Today we went to Croxteth Hall and Country Park. 
Croxteth Hall in Croxteth, Liverpool, is the former country estate and ancestral home of the Molyneux family, the Earls of Sefton.

After the death of the 7th and last Earl in 1972 the estate passed to Liverpool City Council, which now manages the remainder of the estate, following the sale of approximately half of the grounds. 

The remaining grounds, Croxteth Park, are now open to the public.
The hall is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
I don't feel a map is needed but if you want to follow our 4 mile route it's available at...

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6664582

Sadly we were a little late this year to see the wild flowers at their best.
In spite of that we were lucky to see... 

• Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.),

• a Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)

• Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) coming into flower,

• Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) butterflies everywhere,

• Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium),

• Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis),

• a Hungarian oak or Italian oak (Quercus frainetto),

• Black slugs (Arion ater),

• Bird's-foot Trefoil (lotud corniculatus) 

...and

• Field Thistle or Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense);

...and more.You can see them, in order, at...

https://sharalike.com/s/dNQK

or watch the embedded video clip below...

There is also a rare breed farm, donkey rides, a walled garden, cafe, a children's playground and more.

Well worth a visit.