Route : Shaw - Crompton Moor - Rooden Reservoir - Piethorne Reservoir - Windy Hill - Blackstone Edge - Ogden Reservoir - Shaw
Distance : 17.2 miles
It's not often I get out on a Saturday but with the weather, the football was postponed, and the forecast for Sunday was rain. Also, the ground was covered in white stuff so I had to get out. The route started exactly the same as my last walk through the Piethorne valley. However, I ventured off up Windy Hill towards Summit (top of the M62) and then over the top of Blackstone Edge. I only took pictures and videos up to the summit as I was running late due to a lift I had promised my father in law, so the last 4-5 miles were almost at running pace. Well at least quicker than my usual pace anyway.
Crompton Moor
The view from the top of Crompton Moor
Looking down on the village of Denshaw
The route to Summit. After all the recent rain, the only route without getting your feet soaked was to walk up the banking on the right hand side!
Looking towards Blackstone EdgeFlickr Album - Blackstone Edge - 2 Feb 2008
YouTube - Blackstone Edge - 2 Feb 2008
1 comment:
Hi Simon
Stumbled across your blog whilst searching for the Crompton Circuit on google and thought I'd just say Hi since we're currently walking a lot of the same ground as yourself in training for a walk we are doing in the summer across the Forest of Bowland.
Have a look at http://bowlandwalk.blogspot.com/ if you get time.
See you on the hills maybe!
All the best
Stuart
PS used to be a Mossley fan myself back in the days of the Northern Premier League when the Lilywhites were without doubt the best non-League team in the country.
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