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Walk 29 Sawley and the Ribble

Walk 30 Waddington and West Bradford

Walk 31 Bolton-by-Bowland

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Walk 32 Sabden and Spence Moor

Walk 33 Whalley and the River Calder

Walk 34 Around Downham

Walk 35 Downham and Twiston

Walk 36 Pendle Hill from Downham

Walk 37 Pendle Hill from Barley

Walk 38 Black Moss Reservoirs and Twiston Moor

Walk 39 Ogden and Newchurch

Walk 40 Salterforth, Weets Hill and White Moor

Appendix Route summary table

A Whitewell landscape at hay-making time (Walk 19)

INTRODUCTION

Brennand farm, set in Lancashire’s rolling hills (Walk 16)

For generations of walkers, to speak of ‘Lancashire’ would have instantly brought up mental images of vast smoky grey blocks of heavy industry, although the reality is completely different, and was described by the late comedian Les Dawson as a ‘memory of lakes and woods and rolling hills’. Few who don’t know the county will, I suspect, identify with the latter, even though Lancashire boasts two sizeable Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The larger is the Forest of Bowland, measuring 310 square miles (800 sq km), and this, plus a bit more, is the region covered in this book.