Thursday May 8, 2014 - Laurels of Brandywine

GROVER (“DICK”) will lead a 5 – 6 mile hike in the Laurels of the Brandywine Conservancy, which is located in Chester County. By permission he will be using various trails through rolling hills and woodland. Dress for the weather and wear good boots; however, heavy rain cancels this event.

MEET: 9:00 A.M. @ Clock Tower parking lot Rte. 10 & 23 at end of Rte. I176 park behind Burger King to carpool approx. 20 miles to starting point.

TELEPHONE: “DICK” 860-861-5681 CELL with any questions.

Thursday May 1, 2014 - Coventry Woods & Woody's Woods

LES will lead a Coventry Woods and Woody's Woods hike of 6.5 miles. This hike begins in North Coventry Township’s Coventry Woods. Leaving Coventry Woods, we enter South Coventry Township’s Woody's Woods. Woody's Woods is a smaller park that is just being developed and contains the highest point in Chester County. We will hike about 3 miles here covering most of the available trails. On our return to Coventry Woods we will take an alternate route back to our starting point. There will be a small amount of road walking. While we will miss Coventry Woods worst hills, the Woody's Woods hill will more than compensate for this loss.

1st MEET: 9:30 AM Main lot at Coventry Woods
DIRECTIONS 1: Take Rte. 724 east from Birdsboro. About three quarters of a mile past River Bridge Rd. (The road/bridge leading to Douglassville where a detour currently exists; you cannot cross from Rte. 422 to Rte. 724 at Douglassville at this time), turn right onto Unionville Rd. All Type Fence is located at the intersection of Rte. 724 & Unionville Rd. Follow Unionville Rd. 2.1 miles past Temple Church and Shenkel Church. Turn right at St. Peter’s Rd., and then after about half a mile turn left into Coventry Woods (Fernbrook Lane is to the right). Parking is just over the crest of the hill.
DIRECTIONS 2: From Route 23, take St Peter's Rd through St Peter's Village and continue for about 4 more miles on St Peter's Rd. When you see Fernbrook Lane to the left, make a right turn into Coventry Woods.

STARTING LOCATION: 9:50AM Coventry Woods Chestnut Hill parking - we will drive/carpool from our first meeting location about 1 mile to our starting point, or you can meet us here

TELEPHONE: Les 610-323-1703 with questions.

Thursday April 24, 2014 - Shartlesville Roads

ANN will lead a 5 – 6 mile hike in northern Berks County. This will be mostly road walking in the foothills of the Blue Mountain. Dress accordingly for the weather and wear good shoes. You may want to wear orange to alert motorists. Meet leader at 2nd meet point.

1st MEET: 9:15 A.M. @ Redner’s Leesport Market parking lot off Rte. 61 N. This is to carpool if desired or go directly to 2nd meet and leader will be there.
2nd MEET: 10:00 A.M. @ the west end of parking lot of Blue Mt. Family Restaurant.

TELEPHONE: Ann 610-488-6378 with any questions.

Thursday April 17, 2014 - French Creek

HERB has planned a 5 to 6 mile wildflower walk at Baptism Creek Natural Area near Hopewell Furnace. Come out to see this well known nature lover’s paradise in the beauty of early spring. All the snow fed springs will be running. This is a moderate hike walked at a moderate pace with some ups and downs!

MEET: 10:00 A.M. @ Shed Road Parking Lot off Rte. 345 near Hopewell Furnace Visitor Center.

TELEPHONE: Herb 610-286-6886 with questions.