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Lancashire Boundary Walk - Day 22 and before

16 July 2018 08:14

Philips Diary 

Day 14.
Good morning campers! I'm up bright and early this morning. Looks like the weather around Pendle won't be more than 23 deg, so I'm going for it. 
Susan will take me to Blacko where I finished on Thursday. The village is on the A682 Barrowford to Gisburn Road. 
My plan is to walk to Smithies Bridge on the A59 near Sawley then follow the River Ribble boundary towards Chatburn and Clitheroe.

 

Day 15.
Good morning Campers. 
It’s a very early start today in view of this extreme heat. I was up at 4am, set off driving at 5am and now just about to start my walk along the Ribble Way from Clitheroe. It’s great, nice and cool and nobody but the milkmen about.
So it’s a walk towards Great Mitton and all being well up the Hodder towards Whitewell keeping as close to the boundary as possible. See you later!

 

Day 16
Early start again today. 
Walking over the Forest of Bowland from Whitewell from where I left off on Monday. The plan is to walk a sort of U shape taking in Fiendsdale Head and follow the boundary or cut through to Langdon Castle and make for Sykes Farm then the Trough Road to Grey Stone of Trough. 
Ideally though Tower Lodge which will be an excellent starting point for my route the next day.

 

Day 17. Lancashire Boundary Walk 
Up at 5am this morning. Susan is shortly going to take me to Tower Lodge on the edge of the Abbeystead Estate. From there I will continue my walk to through the Forest of Bowland towards Low Bentham via Wray-in-Botton. It's a long walk today but should make much progress going North East. 
There may not be much internet connection. See you later.

 

Day 18. 
Decided to stay the night in High Bentham at an Air B and B www.airbnb.co.uk 
My first time using them and very reasonable in price. 
I’m in an old Victorian Vicarage close to Bentham Railway Station and ideal for walkers in this area.
Susan got called down to Berkshire to look after our 3 yr old Granddaughter Mollie while our daughter Rachel is in her final days of pregnancy.
I’ll be going down next week so this is my last walking day for a week or so.
Today I’ll be walking on Leck Fell. Most guide books and websites will tell you that this is the highest in Lancashire. Not true to us Real Lancastrians. When did the geography of our land apply to admin areas? It’s “The Old Man of Coniston” and always will be. No end of Government boundary changes will alter that. Check out www.forl.co.uk

 

Day 19 of my Lancashire Boundary Walk. Susan will take me to Devils Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale from where I will walk to Silverdale Station and can catch the train home. It’s mainly low land today and mainly minor road walking and tracks keeping as close to the boundary as possible.

 

Day 20. Lancashire Boundary Walk. This morning I caught the train to Grange-over-Sands. I will be walking close to the River Winster to Bowland Bridge then to Windermere Ferry. Sadly, it’s mostly road walking today as there are no decent stretches of footpath. I’ve jumped from Silverdale to Grange missing out Arnside. Arnside was never in Lancashire.

 

Day 21 of my Lancashire Boundary Walk. I stayed the night in a Windermere Guest House as it would have taken too long to get home. I will catch the bus to Bowness and then travel by a Windermere Cruiser to Ferry House near Far Sawrey on the West side of the lake. (Technically is not a lake before anyone picks me up on this, lol). I will then walk to Wray Castle and then along the River Brathay to Clappersgate. The final stretch will take me to Elterwater. Nab Island (which is actually in accessible) is the most northern point in Lancashire. Friends of Real Lancashire installed a plaque on the car park close by to signify the fact.

Day 22 Lancashire Boundary Walk
I spent a second night at Brook House B & B in Windermere. Very nice people who run it - Liz and Graham Johnson originally from Gateshead.
Very comfortable and lovely breakfasts. 
Today my Savoynetter friend Arthur Kincaid is kindly going to pick me up and take me to Fell Foot Bridge. This will give me a good start for the long haul over Wrynose Pass and the River Duddon. My walk today will end at Foxfield Railway Station from where I travel home. It’s a bit overcast here so don’t think I’ll get many good photos. Reception may be patchy so don’t expect to post much.

 

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