Sefton

Walk Details:
Date: 17/04/2005
Total ascent: 3m/ 10ft
Total distance walked: 0.3 miles
Walk difficulty: 0/10
Enjoyment rating: 1/10
Best bits: Pub!
Worst bits: By a main road
Walkers: Anth, Jim
Car Parking: We parked at The Pear Tree pub at SD 403 012

Top details:
Name: Melling Mount
County top number: 59 of 207
Grid reference: SD 40327 01299 MAP
Height above sea level: 36m/ 118ft
How nice was the top? 0.5/10
Views: 0.5/10
Description/Notes: The highest point in the Unitary Authority of Sefton is an indeterminate point near the bus shelter on the A506 Prescott Road

The Walk:

After losing a lot of time (but enjoying ourselves greatly) in Knowsley Safari Park, we now needed to bag some more tops very quickly if we were to maintain our record attempt. Sefton was ideal for this purpose – not only was it the lowest county top we’d yet done (a mere 36 metres above sea level) but we could park in a pub car park virtually at the summit.

From the pub car park a brief exploration of the immediate environs disclosed that the highest point was opposite a bus shelter a few hundred metres north of The Pear Tree pub. I think the paucity of superlatives here serves to convey our general opinion of this top. Our third top of the day done, we went into a nearby petrol station to see if we could find ourselves some lunch for later (having not seen one single supermarket in the entire trip). No such luck – the few rolls and sandwiches they had looked like they’d been there for several weeks and we decided to give them a miss in the interests of personal safety.