Wednesday, 23rd March 2016
| Walk: | Tootle Height, Nook Fold, Written Stone Lane, Cottam House Farm, Knowle Green Road, Springs Farm, Buckley Hall, Buckley Gate, B6245, Elm House return to pub along road. | ||
| Start Point: | Corporation Arms | Grid Reference: | SD 618 373 |
| Distance: | 5 miles | Ascent: | 300 feet |
| Time: | 3 hours | ||
| Weather: | Fine but cloudy and dull | ||
| Comments: | A good walk enjoyed by 28 people. A varied walk mainly along tracks and field paths and along a pretty wooded valley from Knowle Green alongside Page Brook. |
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A view of Spade Mill Reservoirs from Tootle Height
Tootling along at Tootle Height
One of several wayside images on display at Toole Height
A former quarry at Tootle Height - Sandstone from this quarry was used on several important Preston buildings including the Harris Library and St Walbrges Church
A black swan
Lots of bottoms hiding -----
the Written Stone - more information on the internet
Knowle Green next stop
Not a member of the group but one of two Gargoyles set into a gable of a cottage adjacent to Cowley Brook
Cowley Brook at Dilworth Bottoms
A country residence
The leader - left - in action on a slight incline
A reminder that ---
the Romans ---
once roamed these parts - BREMETENNACVM or Ribchester to you and me