Thursday, 29th September 2016
| Walk: | Hollinshead Hall (ruin), Tockholes Plantation, Earnsdale Reservoir, Jubilee Tower, Darwen Moor, Hollinshead Hall (ruin) | ||
| Start Point: | Crookfield Road car park, off Belmont Road | Grid Reference: | SD 665 191 |
| Distance: | 7 miles | Ascent: | 1,600 feet |
| Time: | 2.75 hours | ||
| Weather: | Dry but a very strong wind on the open moors | ||
| Comments: | Choosing quite a short route, this walk was made even shorter due to the route through Sunnyhurst Woods being closed. By the time I got to Jubilee Tower the wind was very strong so a quick lunch was taken in the shelter of the tower before continuing back to the car via Lyon Den. | ||
The Well House at Hollinshead Hall . . .
is the only building left standing
River Roddlesworth
Jubilee Tower, today's target
Unforunately Sunnyhurst Wood is off limits . . .
so my route takes me beside . . .
Earnsdale Reservoir
Good to see a stone wall being built instead of fencing being erected
A very windy Jubilee Tower
Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir seems to have been drained
These bracket fungi . . .
look relatively new . . .
as they are in very good condition
The well-spaced trees make the woods in this area quite inviting