December was okay as far as my walking goes, I think I managed four or five 5 – 10 milers, so not record breaking but not as sedentary as can happen some years. I do …
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Category: This Weekend’s Walk
Piecing together the monster route
And what a lame header that is! After the walk last month which served as an introduction to the rural / agricultural road which is New Lane, I decided to start putting together the components …
Continue readingAnglezarke Angst on Sunday
My first return of the year to the West Pennines saw me start off from Rivington Bar Car Park at 10:28 (well actually half way down one of the drives as it was chocka!), and …
Continue readingA gentle stroll around Birkdale via London Road
The local walk of Saturday, November 18th. My Meralgia paresthetica has returned with a vengeance, this means that Friday night I had practically no sleep (and the same for Saturday) so I ended up going …
Continue readingThe Mystery of Pendle
My walk of Saturday 28th of October, 2023. It had been two years and a few months since my last Pendle excursion and this simply had to change! I left the house at 07:19 which …
Continue readingTicking off the West Pennines Peaks: White Brow & Adam Hill
I really should make a category for this! The walk of Sunday, 23rd April, 2023 According to Wikipedia, we can deduce that Winter hill has 12 summits classed as “nearby”. My take on this has …
Continue readingRivington Moor tour de force
Or maybe that should simply be: “in excelsior!” The walk of Saturday March fourth, 2023 One of the highlights, visually speaking, of last weeks sampling of Anglezarke moor had been the apparent proximity of the …
Continue readingFirst Walk of 2023
Maybe the title should be first ‘rural’ walk of 2023 as I did walk home from work at the end of January. Hey ho, it was high time that I headed off to the West …
Continue readingTreading through Turton
The walk of Sunday February 27th Even though my last walk had covered a lot of this route I felt the need to revisit the lovely villages of Affetside, Hawkshaw and Turton Bottoms once more. …
Continue readingWalking the 30:The Three Reservoirs walk – COMPLETED
Another post in the series: “To walk 30 walks of the West Pennines.” Since the 2nd of January ‘swim’ around the reservoirs I have made a successful return, accompanied by a friend and thoroughly enjoyed …
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