Sunday, 31st January 2016
| Walk: | White Coppice Farm, Waterman’s Cottage, Charnock Back Lane, Abyssinia, Hut Lane, Fredericks’, Wigan Lane, Grundy’s Lane, Duxbury Woods, Leeds to Liverpool Canal, Bagganley, Primrose Cottage. | ||
| Start Point: | White Coppice Nursery | Grid Reference: | SD 616 190 |
| Distance: | 10.7 miles | Ascent: | 930 feet |
| Time: | 5.25 hrs | ||
| Weather: | Rain from the start; briefly abated for lunch, heaviest on the return route between Cowling and White Coppice. | ||
| Comments: | 11 walkers. Photographs are from a reccie of Duxbury woods earlier in the month. Fields and paths were very wet/muddy/waterlogged. The concessionary path alongside the River Yarrow, through Duxbury Woods has been badly damaged by successive storms over the past 6 weeks and is need of being re-routed/repaired in places. |
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River Yarrow in Duxbury Woods
Stile and bridge at entry to Duxbury Woods
The dead beach leaves provided a colourful contrast
The floods have caused considerable damage to the concessionary footpath
After the flood
The 19th century grave of Bevis, a hunting dog was on the south bank, above the flood
Heading east
Valley of the Yarrow by Herny Bogburn