Finding a suitable walk this month proved to be a bit of a challenge because the endless heavy rain meant that the countryside was totally waterlogged and any walk that involved crossing a field was out of the question. Therefore, we decided to revisit an old favourite that would give Read more…
The Guild Wheel was a project to commemorate the 2012 Preston Guild and the object of the exercise was to join together a collection of pathways to provide a twenty one mile circular route of a good standard, for walkers and cyclists around Preston. For our walk, we decided to Read more…
For the walk this month, we decided to explore the countryside at our own back door and venture into the beautiful landscape of the Ribble Valley. The day didn’t start at all well, as we awoke to a black sky, thunder and lightning, torrential rain and hail. However, six hardy Read more…
Some weeks ago, we enjoyed a pleasant, but very hot day out climbing Parlick, during which we discussed the possibilities of an ascent of Pendle later in the year. Bill mentioned that he was going to have a walk in this area soon and kindly offered to lead us on Read more…
The valley of the River Douglas lies between Manchester and Liverpool but the area is surprisingly rural and provides a number of good walks, of which this is probably the best. Our starting point was the car park provided for visitors to the beacon and was the highest point of Read more…
This month we were in the reliable hands of the Bolton group and their choice of walk was another expedition into the Lancashire Lake District. The day turned out to be warm but dull and we had an excellent turnout of eleven hardy souls. The well thought out walk consisted Read more…
Some time ago I included this local fell into our programme as, surprisingly, a number of our group had never been up it and many wished to do so. However, on the chosen day, the weather started out somewhat poor and got progressively worse, so that when we got to Read more…
This month’s walk was centred on Sabden Brook, starting from The Spring Wood Picnic Site, Near Whalley and taking a north – easterly route to Sabden and returning on the other side of the valley. The walking conditions were superb, a warm, clear day and dry underfoot. Leaving Spring Wood, Read more…
The dear leader has recently been neglecting his duties due to house renovations, so our Bolton division kindly stepped in to provide us with a good walk in their home territory. The Jumbles is a wooded valley to the north-east of Bolton that was flooded some years ago and is Read more…
The start of this month’s walk was the Cinderbarrow Picnic Site, which is also the home of a model railway club and coinciding with our visit, they had an open day and offered rides behind their splendid locomotives. Additionally, a catering van arrived which created much excitement from some members Read more…