People are being invited to join the annual Sheriff’s Darwin Walk in Lichfield next month.
The group will head off from Bunker’s Hill Car Park at Beacon Park at 10am on 2nd April on a six mile route around the city boundary.
A Lichfield City Council spokesperson said:
“The Sheriff of Lichfield, Cllr Janice Greaves, invites all walkers to take part.
“The walk will take about three hours and there will be a refreshment stop midway.
“The route is mostly rural and provides some particularly beautiful views of Lichfield.
“Everyone is welcome with no need to book, so join us for the start and walk as far as you feel able.
“Well behaved dogs on a lead are also welcome.”
Lichfield City Council spokesperson
For more details visit thedarwinwalktrust.org.
The Darwin Walk website describes the route thus: “…where the path passes under London Road…the route continues through a pleasant open grassed area following the line of trees planted by children and grandparents in 1986.”
Sadly, walkers will see a radically different scene, the memorial trees cut down and uprooted, and the the A461 40mph road built through the “pleasant open grassed area”. This dramatic change has scarred local residents who are subjected to 24 hr traffic noise, horns blearing as vehicles approach the junction at speed, and all the associated pollution.
The ‘Green Necklace’ concieved by John Sanders to commemorate the association of Erasmus Darwin with the City of Lichfield, and illustrated on the Dr Johnson Statue in Leomondsley is broken, trashed by the new ‘Southern Bypass’. I’d ask walkers to take care when trying to cross the junction as there are several pedestrian crossing points that need to be traversed before reaching the other side,