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 …
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Category: The West Pennines
Ticking 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 readingA little twin peaker!
This is an extremely delayed report on my walk of… Oh dear lord, I think this was on Saturday 16th July! We didn’t bring home much of a tan from our holiday in marvellous Majorca, …
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:Jumbles and Two Brooks Valley – COMPLETED
Another post in the series: “To walk 30 walks of the West Pennines.” Off to the Two Brooks from Jumbles Country park yet again. Until this year I had scarcely heard of the Two Brooks …
Continue reading30 West Pennines Walks in 2022
These days I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions, because I never stick to them. Also, this would be a practice deployed by someone far more organised than I. Also, it’s kind of an Insta-Social Media …
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 …
Continue readingPutting the Goat out to pasture
Goodbye Goaty: Y’know I often wish that I had taken the time to design myself a nice little goat motif or logo for this site. I did try drawing one once, but it was dreadful, …
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