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~Pendle 50!~

6th December 2012

Pendle 50

Pendle Summit

Scroll down for photos and a description of the walk....

Pendle from Roughlee

Pendle Hill from Roughlee

This walk was planned more than a week ago, the date chosen and a table for two booked at a favourite local eatery. Snow is forecast for midday and all of yesterday's sunshine has vanished.

Pendle Hill from Lower Black Moss

Pendle Hill from Lower Black Moss Reservoir

The walk started from Barley car park at 10:00hrs. Bob Eaves is with me today. Part of the surface of the reservoir is frozen over.

Pendle Homes Windy Harbour Farm
Higher Laithe Farm
Windy Harbour

Pendle Homes

With a timetable (a) to get up and down before the worst of the weather and (b) to get to The Cabin on time, we pass between the two reservoirs and then head for the steps.

Pendle Fields

Across The Fields

The Steps

Top of The Steps

Soon enough we are at the top of the steps and there are a few other walkers in the area, one following us, shown here.

To the summit

On The Plateau

Nearest the camera is a Pendle first-timer with his puppy border collie; two runners approach the summit; two others already there.

John and Dave

John and Dave

Mountain Guide, John, is the Pendle first-timer. He has a business based in Elterwater and his dog is called Dave.

Bob Eaves

Bob Approaches The Summit

Richard and Bob

Pendle 50 on December 6th 2012

John takes our photo. That's 50 times to the summit of Pendle Hill this year (so far). A look back to last year's 50th and not much appears to have changed!

Pendle 2011

December 10th 2011

Slippy Track

The Track

On leaving the summit, we headed down the track. It was very icy causing us to improvise. There is "light snow" - as forecast, in the air.

Across the fields Cold Sheep
To Barley
Cold Sheep
Dead Hawthorne The Cabin
Tortured Hawthorne
Christmas Lunch in The Cabin

Christmas lunch was booked for 12:30 in The Cabin. They are offering these tasty lunches from now until Christmas and very good it was too!

Custom Made map from OS

New OS "Pendle Hill" Map

Walkers: Bob Eaves and Me.

Time taken: 2hr 30mins over a distance of about 5 miles.

Route: Barley, Lower Black Moss Reservoir, Higher Laithe Farm, The Steps, Pendle Summit, The Track, across the fields and back to Barley.

Weather and conditions: Cold and grey, light snow on Pendle Hill.

Refreshments: Lunch at The Cabin and a pint in The Pendle Inn!

All photos copyright Richard Ratcliffe 2012 ©

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