Sunday, 11th January 2009

Walk:	Terraced Gardens, Pigeon Tower, Rivington Pike, Two Lands Cairns, Winter Hill, Belmont, Horden Stoops, Yarrow Reservoir
Start Point:	Great House Barn, Rivington	Grid Ref:	SD 629 139
Distance:	11.5 miles	Ascent:	2,100 feet
Weather:	Apart from a shower early in the walk the day remained dry and there were some good views
Accompanied by:	11 members of the Fylde Ramblers and 4 visitors from other groups
Comments:	As our group usually consists of 6 to 10 members it was a surprise to find that 15 people turned up to joint the walk that I was leading. Walking up through the terraced gardens there was still quite a lot of ice around despite the milder weather. The early rain had stopped by the time we reached the Two Lads cairns so we were able to make use of the scattered stones as we stopped for a morning coffee. After a diversion to the trig point we headed down the track to Belmont, just in tine to take advantage of the benches in the Church yard as we stopped for lunch. Leaving Belmont a gradual ascent took us to Hordern Stoops on the crest of Rivington Road. From here we headed down to Higher and Lower Henshaw's and on to Lead Mines Clough. The ice sheets on the banks of the river showed a considerable change in the level of the water in the past few days. A short, but sharp climb took us on to a sometimes very muddy path across to the Yarrow Reservoir from where it was an easy walk through Rivington village and back to the cars.