Pendle Hill

The Forest of Bowland area around Clitheroe is not much visited by the club so we that is Clive, Colin, Bev and Paul  decided to climb Pendle Hill.
We began our walk from the village of Barley, the hill presents a whaleback shape from here with a long broad ridge sloping northwards to the summit.


Looking back towards Barley.

 Our planned route was to take a path by the two Ogden reservoirs and climb the clough to the western edge of the summit plateau then round to the summit.

Ogden Reservoirs

An navigational error at the start took onto a parallel path to the one intended and the mutinous crew refused to divert to the original plan and took the direct route up the eastern edge to the summit. This gave a steady plod up a fairly gentle slope to the summit.
By now the hill was very busy and we joined the crowds on the summit to enjoy widespread views from Blackpool Tower over the Yorkshire Dales to the Lake District.

Distant Lake District Hills from the Summit.

The Summit Cairn

 We descended the steep eastern flank of the hill then took footpaths through small fields and a riverside path back to Barley.