11/06 – Pendle Hill from Barley

Pendle Hill, not only famous for the Pendle Witches but also as the location of Yvette Fielding’s favourite episode of Most Haunted. The hill is a detached part of the Forest of Bowland, standing alone, surrounded by Burnley, Nelson, Colne and Clitheroe. Rather than walking with the hordes of people, we’ll head around the side to the reservoirs and up Ogden Clough. After tramping across the Pendle Hill plateau we’ll arrive on the other side, looking north west towards Clitheroe. Our lunchtime stopping point will be dependent on the weather but the summit can get quite breezy so we might head for a shelter. The hordes will then join the path just prior to reaching the summit before a short sharp descent. On the way back we’ll go via the Pendle Sculpture Trail and finish in a Barley pub.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_Hill
http://letswalkinpendle.btck.co.uk/thependlesculpturetrail

Walk Date
11 Jun 2017
Calendar File
Distance
9 miles
Ascent
528 metres
OS Maps

The Plan

- 10:30 : Meet in the Barley car park
- 10:45 : Start Walk
- 11:45 : Ogden Clough
- 12:30 - 13:00 : Lunch
- 13:30 : Pendle Hill Summit
- 14:45 : Pendle Sculpture trail
- 15:30 : Finish Walk

* All times a rough guestimates apart from the initial arrival at the car park

The Kit

- Clothes suitable for the conditions
- Waterproof coat
- Sun cream
- Walking boots
- Rucksack (to carry stuff)
- Lunch
- CAMERA

- A good attitude