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West Pennnine Moors

West Pennnine Moors


Postby Broggy1 » Fri Oct 09, 2020 3:29 pm

Date walked: 08/10/2020

Time taken: 4

Distance: 23.1 km

Ascent: 817m

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Longer afternoon walk in the West Pennines - pleasant weather and Autumn colours beginning to show. Still wet underfoot after recent rain.

1 HB.JPG
First up was a quick dash up little Healey Nab


2 Descent off the nab wiith AM ahead.JPG
Descending the Nab with Angelzarke Moor ahead


3 Heading for Great Hill.JPG
Heading for Great Hill - the most pronounced summit on Angelzarke Moor


4 GH.JPG
Great Hill looking to Darwen Moor


5 Ahead to WH.JPG
Ahead across Spitlers Edge to Winter Hill - paved mostly this section but a lot of the slabs were flooded today


6 Last section to WH.JPG
Final climb to Winter Hill


7 WH.JPG
Winter Hill Summit


8 TL.JPG
Two Lads


9 Heading for Rivi.JPG
Heading for Rivington Pike


10 View on descent from Rivi.JPG
Descent from Rivington Pike



11 water.JPG
Lot's of water coming into the reservoirs today


12 Back along autumnal path.JPG
Things are looking much more autumnal as I return on the reservoir paths
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