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Pendleside and the Ribble Valley
Pendle will forever be linked with tales of witchcraft – indeed, it was once said that witches filled the burrows alongside the rabbits, so numerous were they. The myths and legends that grew up around these claims prompted an excellent book by Harrison Ainsworth, The Lancashire Witches, which makes ideal supplementary reading for anyone coming to this region for the first time.
The River Ribble, for the most part a majestic river, rises far away in Yorkshire, but it is not long before it becomes Lancashire’s river, and flows through idyllic countryside into Pendle, on by Ribchester – where the Romans had a fort – and onwards to meet the sea near Preston.
NOTES AND ADVICE FOR WALKERS
Walled ‘occupation’ lane, Twiston Moor (Walk 38)
None of the walks in this book presents technical problems in good weather conditions, especially in summer, and the vast majority may also be tackled in winter by competent walkers. However, some of the walks traverse bleak and featureless moorland where mist becomes a major hazard, and others involve a measure of road walking where you will need to take care against approaching traffic (although road stretches have been kept to a minimum).