ROUTE & DATES Days 1 – 8
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Day 1 - Bishop's Castle to Longden
Sunday 10th October
Walking from Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, through the Shropshire hills through Norbury Bridges and Pulverbatch to Longden.
Day 2 - Longden to Wem
Monday 11th October
North to Shrewbury, round the river path, then on through Hadnall, Grinshill and Wem.
Day 3 - Wem to Bulkeley
Tuesday 12th October
Meet at the Hawkstone Arms on the corner of New St/Pyms Rd, Wem.
On to Whixall , Whitchurch and Grindley Brook. Along the ‘Sandstone Trail’ to Bickley and the Castle Farm Path to Bulkeley.
Day 4 - Bulkeley to Kingsley
Wednesday 13th October
On to Beeston and Tarporley and then through the Delamere Forest to Castle Cob and Kingsley.
Day 5 - Kingsley to Rainhill
Thursday 14th October
Clarion and Bamber are staying on Kingsway in Widnes tonight – the only place he could find a bed for the night. Leaving at 8am to get to Rainhill for 9.30am. Meeting point in Rainhill is the Victoria pub on Victoria Street.
Day 6 – Rainhill to Appley Bridge
Friday 15th October
Clarion & Bamber stayed on Kingsway in Widnes last night (the only place there was a bed). Leaving at 8am to get to Rainhill for 9.30am. Meeting point in Rainhill is the Victoria pub on Victoria Street.
North out of Rainhill through Eccleston. Up to Holland Cross then north via Bank Top and Holland Lees to Appley Bridge
Day 7 – Appley Bridge to Lostock Hall
Saturday 16th October
North to Eccleston (different one!) then through Leyland to Lostock Hall.
Day 8 – Lostock Hall to Garstang
Sunday 17th October
Over River Ribble through Preston, then Woodplumpton & Hollowforth. Then Canal towpath all the way to Garstang.
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Clarion is a very modern bear. He's active on social media and would be happy if you would follow him.
Up to date information about Clarion's progress is on the Facebook page where there are also links to WhatsApp groups for each day (in the Events tab) . You'll find invitation links for each day so you can find out where Clarion is, see who else is meeting where, and what time he's expected to arrive at points on the way.
He also has a phone: 07432 137 034 so if you need to find out where he is en route, this is the number to call.
He also has a second phone to cover another network area, so feel free to call this one if the first one doesn't work: 07932958959