Friday, 5th November 2010

 

Walk: Clough Head car park, Haslingden Grane, Hog Lowe Pike, Causeway End, Tor End, Thirteen Stone Hill, Rossendale Way
Start Point: Clough Head car park Grid Ref: SD 751 231
Distance: 11 miles Ascent: 2,200 feet
Weather: Dry in the morning but wet in the afternoon
Accompanied by:

On my own

Comments: Leaving the rear of the car park I followed the Rossendale Way to Haslingden Grane and into the woods. Here I left the track at the second bridge to ascend Hog Lowe Pike. Following the fence line I continued on to the ruins at Causeway End then re-joined the Rossendale Way to head into the head of the valley. At Great House I continued north-west to skirt Haslingden and climb up beside the quarry, onto Cob Castle Road. Where it met the Rossendale Way I headed north for a short time then took a bearing to the summit of Thirteen Stone Hill. Here there should be some stones which once formed part of a stone circle but these were not evident. The disintegrating weather put an end to an extensive search and I returned to the car, again on the Rossendale Way.

 

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The water bubbles up from a spring - a sign of what the terrain would be like!

 

The first of a number of ruins on this route . . .

 

with a good view from the window . . .

 

and a waterfall nearby

 

A rather wet Rossendale Way

 

Lots of autumn colours around . . .

 

and longside a rather damp path

 

Sculptures in the woods . . .

 

but I wonder what they represent

 

The first of the bridges to be crossed

 

An autumn carpet

 

Climbing to Hog Lowe Pike - a good variety of colour

 

A rather dismal Hog Lowe Pike

 

Causeway End ruins

 

Tor End - and the end of the photos due to wet weather

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