TO BOLDLY GO (WITH JIM) 5+ Miles
TREKKIES :- Jim, Anthony, Mike, Danny and John
No problems parking today as we met Jim on the expansive car park at St. Theresa's Church on Queen's way Penwortham.
It was Jim's plan for us to start with a look around St Theresa's Church as our first "Visit" and as the church had "Facilities" it was welcomed by the rest of the group.
As we approached the church the door was being locked by John Russell one of our erstwhile regular walkers. He acts as a sort of unofficial church warden. What a lovely surprise. He UN-locked the door and in we went
One of which was the baptismal font with it's bronze (?) cap depicting scenes from Christ's life (I think)
With John the Baptist ?
We said our goodbyes to John and set off through Penwortham's highly upmarket suburbs.
Passing under this attractive arched bough. Natural or human assisted ??
The path through the woodland took us down to the riverside (Ribble) which Jim contentiously declared was much more attractive passing through Penwortham than when passing Preston. OH AYE !
The wooden sculptures WERE attractive. Time for a coffee break.
This gap in the trees was the site of heavy lifting equipment when the power station was constructed ? demolished ?
Peeping over the trees..... St Walburge's spire.
Jim Anthony Mike Danny
Passing the remnants of the demolished power station.
Life (hope) springs eternal. A brave sapling reaches out from the roots of a long dead tree.
We crossed over the bridge to briefly to leave Penwortham and it's ATTRACTIVE river and visited Preston with it's equally LOVELY river 😉
This was the first time we had seen the newly built flood barriers. They looked very impressive and at the same time neat and almost unobtrusive. Just like a sturdy wall.
We followed the flood barriers along Broadgate eventually arriving at the "Old Bridge".
......and so across the bridge and back into Penwortham. You will notice the lack of potholes in this ancient cobbled surface. Could there be a lesson there ? I suspect there is but laying cobbles would probably be expensively time consuming in this modern era.
Penwortham Methodist Church.
As we followed a narrow foot path alongside the Methodist Church we came across this sign. It seemed almost "apologetic". why in such an obscure place ? Somebody looks to be trying to dipping his toe in the water though.
With Jim in the lead we eventually came to these steps which climbed up to a bridge which in turn took us further into Penwortham and in particular, to the cemetery.
Here we found some comfortable benches to sit and eat our butties and drink our Coffees/Tea. We could not, of course, leave the cemetery before paying our respects to "Paddy" one of our , now much missed, regular walkers who was buried here only a few short weeks ago.
Leaving the cemetery we once gain found ourselves in genteel and rather "Comfortable" Suburban Penwortham.
But Jim assured us that Penwortham was not entirely the domain of the well heeled and demonstrated this by leading us through Tesco's car park.
No matter the word's confusion. One of our number lived in RAWSTORNE road. Coffee in his lovely garden was an unexpected treat. As was meeting Sue his charming wife.
Then, having visited the Catholic Church and briefly acknowledging the Methodist Church. We finished or day by visiting the Anglican Church of St Mary's. Such ecumanism !
"Are we wasting our time here ?" says one yellow cone to the other. "They completely ignored us"
AND SO WE BID "ADIEU" TO POSH PENWORTHAM
LA FIN
( A nod to Mrs Cullen who is a fluent French speaker )
JW
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