{"id":55472,"title":"The Ridge That Runs Through the Wirral","description":"Walking inland from the coast, the land gradually begins to rise. &nbsp;It is not a steep climb, but a long gentle lift that runs through the centre of the peninsula.  From certain paths along this higher ground, the view opens in two directions \u2014 west toward the Dee estuary and east toward the Mersey","content":"<p>Walking inland from the coast, the land gradually begins to rise.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It is not a steep climb, but a long gentle lift that runs through the centre of the peninsula. From certain paths along this higher ground, the view opens in two directions \u2014 west toward the Dee estuary and east toward the Mersey.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/nupufd7lfcuipivikci3ifcbe5cuqhe6dx7kvejddajfdotf.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;project=wirral-wear-230302&amp;v=2\" alt=\"nupufd7lfcuipivikci3ifcbe5cuqhe6dx7kvejddajfdotf.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;project=wirral-wear-230302&amp;v=2\" \/><\/p><p>Many of the Wirral\u2019s villages follow this same line of higher land.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Caldy.<\/p><p>Frankby.<\/p><p>Greasby.<\/p><p>Irby.<\/p><p>Pensby.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Long before modern roads crossed the peninsula, travellers moved between these settlements along the natural ridge that links them.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Even now, walking between the villages can feel less like following a road and more like tracing the shape of the land itself.<\/p>","urlTitle":"the-ridge-that-runs-through-the-wirral","url":"\/blog\/the-ridge-that-runs-through-the-wirral\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/the-ridge-that-runs-through-the-wirral\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/wirralwear.com\/blog\/the-ridge-that-runs-through-the-wirral\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1773854987,"updatedAt":1773855095,"publishedAt":1773855094,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":228867,"name":"Wirral Wear"},"tags":[{"id":4500,"code":"the-greengatherer-notes","name":"TheGreengathererNotes","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/the-greengatherer-notes\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ow5byqjh39nk7lqkotmrv8mpnfarvmurq7njdkdt8bq6lzez.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ow5byqjh39nk7lqkotmrv8mpnfarvmurq7njdkdt8bq6lzez.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ow5byqjh39nk7lqkotmrv8mpnfarvmurq7njdkdt8bq6lzez.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":55321,"title":"Meols Shore \u2014 After the Tide","url":"\/blog\/from-the-greengatherers-notebook-meols-shore-after-the-tide\/","urlTitle":"from-the-greengatherers-notebook-meols-shore-after-the-tide","division":228867,"description":"Where Ships Once Gathered&nbsp;The shore at Meols can appear quiet now. &nbsp;At low tide the sea retreats a long way from the land, leaving wide flats of sand stretching toward the horizon.  Gulls drift above the shoreline and the wind moves softly across the grass","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/uizdhur8rbrdmm9nrcxtgrmbqdezpw3btyspciwf6tnozxfb.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/uizdhur8rbrdmm9nrcxtgrmbqdezpw3btyspciwf6tnozxfb.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":55323,"title":"Walking the Sands at Meols","url":"\/blog\/from-the-greengatherers-notebook-walking-the-sands-at-meols\/","urlTitle":"from-the-greengatherers-notebook-walking-the-sands-at-meols","division":228867,"description":"The tide had already begun to retreat when I reached the shore this morning. &nbsp;Along this stretch of coast near Meols the sea travels a long way out, leaving wide flats of sand stretching toward the horizon.  From the promenade the water can appear distant, almost like another shoreline far beyond the first","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/wvqa4xhh9wnvovruqbupv1xhfggic3t4qx0gkleat17pk8ek.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/wvqa4xhh9wnvovruqbupv1xhfggic3t4qx0gkleat17pk8ek.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":55473,"title":"Hedgerows and the Shape of Old Fields","url":"\/blog\/hedgerows-and-the-shape-of-old-fields\/","urlTitle":"hedgerows-and-the-shape-of-old-fields","division":228867,"description":"Walking along the footpaths that cross the Wirral countryside, the hedgerows often follow long straight lines across the land. &nbsp;At first they seem simply to divide one field from another.  But many of these boundaries are far older than they appear","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3frh8nvqgevlmy6bt8pjya1cnzcjbzyfqytqum5mgamjt89g.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3frh8nvqgevlmy6bt8pjya1cnzcjbzyfqytqum5mgamjt89g.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}