Sunday, 22nd January 2012

Walk: Towneley Hall, Clowbridge Reservoir, the Panopticon known as the Singing, Ringing Tree, and Walk Mill
Start Point: Towneley Hall long stay car park Grid Reference: SD 858 313
Distance: 8.5 miles Ascent: 1,400 feet
Time: 4.5 hours    
Weather: Fine weather but extremely windy
Comments: The walk took in stretches of the Burnley Way, going by Clowbridge Reservoir, the Panoptican known as The Singing, Ringing Tree and Walk Mill.

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Our intrepid leader

 

We first head to Towneley Hall

 

Children's art work on an old kiln

 

Dragonfly

 

Autumn sculpture at Wholaw Nook

 

Dunnockshaw Community Woodland

 

Clowbridge Reservoir and Nutshaw Hill

 

A restored cross on Rossendale Way was our lunch stop

 

Our route over Red Moss

 

Stormy sky over White Hill

 

It was a singing, ringing and vibrating tree

 

Play us a tune

 

A dodgy stile by the Bacup Road

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