Wednesday, 24th October 2012

Walk: Town End, Pale Farm, Gibbon Bridge, Greenlands Farm, Leagram Mill, Knot Hill, by Leagram Hall Farm.
Start Point: Chipping car park and The Sun Inn Grid Ref: SD 622 433
Distance: 5.5 miles Ascent: 220 feet
Time: 3.25 hours    
Weather: Cool and dry
Comments: A pleasant walk with good views of the Bowland Hills, Longridge Fell and Pendle Hill whilst making little ascent. The fields were quite wet but there were a number of farm tracks making progress easier after such a wet summer.

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Guests from Preston Group

 

All sitting comfortably for elevenses

 

Captain Pug Wash and Joan

 

Re-cycled masonry at Gibbon Bridge

 

Some of the thirty-nine walkers

 

Autumn tints and a quiet lane

 

Catch-up time

 

A bit of a climb from Leagram Brook . . .

 

plus a little more uphill work

 

A multitude

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