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PICTURES AND TRIP REPORTS FROM MY WALKS IN THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT
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A trip over the hill to Horwich to watch Grandson Louis playing football. The weather was so nice that I decided to walk home.
After the match ( won 7-2 ) I followed a minor road from the impressive facility's of Horwich St. Mary's football club until I met the path which runs northwards alongside the chain of reservoirs built in Victorian times to supply the expanding population of the cotton towns and Manchester.
Sunny but with a bit of a breeze on the water, a perfect day for boating. The path sticks close to the water past Liverpool Castle and the outdoor activities centre of Go Ape until you have to climb slightly away from the Upper reservoir to the path alongside the Yarrow reservoir
Looking across to Winter Hill from the Yarrow reservoir
And looking down the embankment. From the Yarrow you join the road for a while which heads downhill and takes you to the path alongside the Anglezarke reservoir
A look back along the Anglezarke res from near the northern end.
Heading for White Coppice now on the path under escarpment of Stronstrey Bank.
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Looking out from the verandah of the pavilion to White Coppice cricket ground.
From White Coppice It's a steady uphill pull all the way to Great Hill. Being March the air is still cool so the views were very good. This is looking back over the Lancashire plain to Snowdonia ( although my phone camera can't pick it up )
The slope eases as you reach the ruins of Drinkwater farm The top of Round Loaf is just poking up above the moor
Drinkwaters. Great Hill is in sight now..
From Great Hill my phone camera just about picks out the Lakeland fells with the familiar outline of Black Combe most prominent.
Again the views north east to Pendle Hill, Ingleborough and Whernside were excellent ( to the naked eye ).
Great Hill from the path down.
After climbing back on to Darwen Moor I follow the Witton Weavers Way for a short way.
Before I take a left turn onto the narrow path taking me in the direction of home. Brown Lowe is the little hill to the left..
As I start to descend from Darwen Moor even the phone camera can pick out Pendle Hill in the distance.
And finally I have to mention that Louis scored a couple and was voted man of the match.
Previous walk --Two days on the western fells