Where to walk in Lancashire? Some years ago my wife and I decided that, particularly in winter, spending half the day driving up to the Lakes was a bit of a waste and so started looking more closely at Lancashire walks. As my blog has become a bit more regular, this list will, hopefully, grow longer with time. There won’t be any big mountains cos there aren’t any in Lancashire and also because my knee hurts when descending. The focus will be on The Ribble Valley, Pendle, Forest of Bowland, The West Pennine Moors, Fylde and West Lancashire
Hope you enjoy them anyway.
Some of you may have read my post “Exploring Darwen’s Reservoirs”. Having posted this on Edgworth Now and Then, I got in conversation with a gentleman called Mark Wild who mentioned Old Russia. I’ve walked around Edgworth many times but never come across the name, so immediately decided this warranted another trip. For the derivation…
It seems that the spring sunshine has decided to join us and to help us put winter and February behind us. Yesterday being the first Wednesday of the month, it was time for the occasional walking group to convene, this time at Haigh Hall near Wigan, for a walk on The Whelley Loop and The…
The weather has been dreadful. Last Tuesday was supposed to be a nice day, but we had quite a bit to do in the morning (Aldi etc). I managed a walk up to St. Annes and back and the weather was nice but the walk was not what I needed. Heather had stuff to do…
There’s no better way to shake off the Christmas indulgence than with a dose of fresh Lancashire air. This morning, we traded the sofa for the trails of Brockholes Nature Reserve near Preston, and it was nothing short of magical. It always astounds me that, despite its proximity to Junction 31 of the M6 and…
My December, Mere Sands Wood, walk with the Southport guys was to be a familiar one. We started at Fettler’s Wharf, Rufford. Well, actually we started at Tastebuds at Fettler’s Wharf, where I had a large cup of tea and an excellent bacon barm cake. The Route From Fettler’s Wharf, we walked to the canal…
A group of three or four of us try to meet once a month for a walk. It’s a bit weather dependent but usually takes place on the first Wednesday of the month. Our walk for October found us in Witton Park in Blackburn, repeating a walk that Heather and I had done in May….
There’s nothing quite like waking up on a Sunday to blue skies and sunshine. It feels like an invitation to get outside, so that’s exactly what we did this morning. We went for a stroll around Lytham. We set off from our flat on Woodlands View and headed out for a loop that took us…
It’s a constant source of amazement to me that the surroundings and public spaces of the mill towns of East Lancashire are so beautiful. Yesterday four of us walked from the Pendle Heritage Centre at Barrowford, up to the Lower Foulridge reservoir and then back down through Alkincoats Park and Colne to finish with an…