Liz and Pete were in charge this month and the walk was one of our local gems, Longridge Fell. Meeting at the church, our party, including Pauline on her first outing with us, headed up the hill in three cars and parked at the Jeffrey Hill car park. From here, Read more…
During the temporary absence of our leader, recent walks have been led by a number of volunteers and this month, Bill, from our Bolton friends, offered to lead us on a walk in an area he knows quite well. The walk started at the cricket ground at the pretty and Read more…
The pretty village of Downham, famous as a location for film and TV and a little gem on the Lancashire landscape, was the starting point for our walk in the Ribble valley. Starting from the car park, with its unique gent’s toilets (a converted pig sty), we started walking up Read more…
After a number of local walks, we decided, this month, to spread our wings somewhat and explore a little of the splendid countryside on the Lancashire / Cumbria border. Our meeting point was where the A65 crosses the Lancaster canal. The turnout was a splendid dozen plus two dogs and Read more…
The March walk was a circum-navigation of Longridge, using one of the excellent guides’ published by the council, but with some modifications. Instead of starting and finishing in the town centre, we kept entirely on the “Loop”. Starting from Grange Towers, at the bottom of Hacking Drive, with the coach Read more…
The November walk should have been a pleasant eight mile trek around low-lying farmland between Pilling and Knott End, returning along the sea wall. However, the endless rain the previous week and a forecast of heavy rain and gales provided us with something a little different. Having parked by the Read more…
The object of this month’s walk was to explore some of the numerous footpaths in the area between Grimsargh and the east of Preston. Starting in the centre of Grimsargh, our group of six headed eastwards and picked up a footpath that took us along the back of the old Read more…
The Fylde Plain used to be an extensive area of marshland that started to be drained in the late eighteenth century and is now regarded as one of the most fertile areas of farm land in the country. Our walk this month was centred on the pretty village of Elswick Read more…
For some time, Jim has considered a walk following this minor water course from its source at Longridge to Preston’s Haslam Park. Savick Brook eventually enters into the River Ribble and is the entry point for the Ribble Link, which connects the Lancaster Canal to the national canal network. This Read more…
Only four ramblers turned up on a beautiful Saturday morning at Chipping Village Hall, setting off through the village turning left to Chipping Lawn Farm where sheep are milked for cheese manufacture. From here the group took the track to the north towards Park Gate, then on to a footpath Read more…