4 March -- Whalley, Lancs | |||||
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A rather cold drizzly start, but the weather steadily improved through the day, ending up with a pleasant sunny evening | |||||
The C walk started from Whalley Abbey | |||||
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and headed NW towards the River Calder just past Hacking Hall |
Then around the bounds of Brockhall Village![]() | ||||
and across the low lying land between the Langhos | |||||
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before climbing to the ridge of higher land between Langho and Whalley for a muddy lunch stop | |||||
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A great view of the railway viaduct![]() | ![]() | ||||
Looking up the Calder to the weir![]() |
Whalley Bank from the High Street | ||||
The B walks shared much the same route. | |||||
Both headed east from Whalley up Clerk Hill |
where the B+ group split off for a 2-mile detour via the radio mast on Wiswell Moor | ||||
Lunch by the Calder | |||||
start of the climb towards Bowley Hill | and Dean Clough reservoirs | ||||
The leader poses... | Whalley and its weir from Whalley Bank | ||||
The weir again | |||||
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Now the B- version | |||||
Hoods up for a cold drizzly start | |||||
But signs of spring in the hedgerows | |||||
You can see a dusting of snow on Pendle | |||||
Bowley Hill | |||||
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The A walk started in Downham just north of Pendle Hill and did a linear walk back over Pendle to Sabden and then to Whalley | |||||
Looks like more than a dusting close up! | ![]() | ||||
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Heading down Ogden Clough | |||||
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![]() | Outside the White Hart in Sabden![]() | ||||
![]() | Up the hill out of Sabden | ||||
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There's the viaduct - must be nearly there![]() | ![]() | ||||
Whalley Abbey![]() | ![]() | ||||
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Home from home... | |||||
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![]() | Fashion parade (well, perhaps not right at the back...)![]() | ||||
Photos by Phil Cunningham, Bob Jackson, John Hodgson, Sue Jacobs, David Whitehurst and Diana Young |