Thursday, 25th March 2010
| Walk: | Higher Pasture Barn Farm, Witton Weavers Way, Whitehall Farm, Darwen Moor, Jubilee Tower, Sunnyhurst Wood, Ryal Fold, Tockholes Plantation | ||
| Start Point: | Car park off A675 | Grid Ref: | SD 665 191 |
| Distance: | 8.8 miles | Ascent: | 2,200 feet |
| Weather: | A dull but dry day | ||
| Accompanied by: |
On my own |
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| Comments: | Having completed this walk in snow (10th January), I wanted to see what it was like without the snow. As it turned out parts of the route were very muddy. I changed the route in a couple of places: previously we had taken a wrong turning just before Whitehall Farm; to try out a different path past Ryal Fold. | ||
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On the earlier walk the seat wasn't visible at this point as it was covered with snow . . .
and here there was a large hay bale for the sheep
Zooming in on a helicopter . . .
which brought its load . . .
to the path that I was walking along . . .
guided into position by a nearby workman . . .
and his colleague
Each load turned out to be one pile of hardcore
Zooming in on Jubilee Tower from Darwen Moor
Blackburn sprawls across the view from Jubilee Tower
A stone carving in Sunnyhurst Wood . . .
where I also spotted a squirrel
Tockholes Wood . . .
and the River Roddlesworth where I stopped for lunch
The climb up to Great Hill
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