The Witton weavers were not a specific group of people, but rather a term used to refer to the hand loom weavers from Witton near Blackburn. The Witton Weavers were among many Lancashire textile workers who were replaced by industrialisation and modernisation of the industry in the 19th century. The Witton Weavers Way is a…
The Forest of Bowland National Landscape covers in excess of 800 sq. km. of NE Lancashire with a small section in North Yorkshire. Most of the Forest is not forest as we understand it. It was created as Royal Hunting Forest after the Norman Conquest and was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty…
This is, more or less the walk we did yesterday. It’s 5.5 miles, but there are loads of variations to make it shorter or longer, all helped by 2 nice pubs. The Black Bull, just off the path in Edgworth, and The Strawbury Duck, next to Entwistle Station. The Wader is a 10foot tall heron,…