Tuesday 7th March 2011.
A typical March day, windy with quick passing cloud, and good sunny periods, a day for the wide open spaces which we have up here in Lancashire. I'm referring to our vast stretches of moorland that we have on our doorstep.These moors are known as the Pennines the backbone of England the vast tracts of wild country which separates the west from the east, the natural watershed which determines which sea our Pennine rivers flow into.
This windswept high moorland is not for the faint hearted you can walk all day and never see a single person when away from the beaten track Spring comes late to these moors and at any time of the year the weather can be very unforgiving so good waterproofs and a knowlege of the area are essential.
So today we did just that !... we set off across the moors to walk in an area that I hadn't trod for over 10 years The walk was about 9 miles, only the wind and the calls of a distant Curlew and Sky Lark and the alarm call of the Red Grouse were the only sounds we heard.
Along the ridge to the Hare Stones
By this Grit Stone Outcrop lies an abandoned Millstone carved out a few century's ago and never used
Looking into Yorkshire
Wild country along the Lancashire /Yorkshire border
Two of the many mires and bogs to be avoided
Hoof Stones Height.....the highest point of the walk
Striding across the moor (today on a line of sight) back to more familiar country
And finally through the vast tracts of peat back to the start of the walk
A typical March day, windy with quick passing cloud, and good sunny periods, a day for the wide open spaces which we have up here in Lancashire. I'm referring to our vast stretches of moorland that we have on our doorstep.These moors are known as the Pennines the backbone of England the vast tracts of wild country which separates the west from the east, the natural watershed which determines which sea our Pennine rivers flow into.
This windswept high moorland is not for the faint hearted you can walk all day and never see a single person when away from the beaten track Spring comes late to these moors and at any time of the year the weather can be very unforgiving so good waterproofs and a knowlege of the area are essential.
So today we did just that !... we set off across the moors to walk in an area that I hadn't trod for over 10 years The walk was about 9 miles, only the wind and the calls of a distant Curlew and Sky Lark and the alarm call of the Red Grouse were the only sounds we heard.
A good walk to blow the cobwebs away :)
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely to hear the Sky Larks singing again isn't it...wish I could hear Curlews too though:)
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to find that mill stone for a while now and having once taken a wrong turning and got lost in fairly thick cloud and then another time following a bearing from Google Earth still couldn't locate it. We walked over from Widdop Reservoir and then followed the path down, I'm guessing it should be a left turn off the path down to the outcrop? Any tips? Keep up the blog!
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