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Great Hill and Darwen Moor from Brinscall

Great Hill and Darwen Moor from Brinscall


Postby Broggy1 » Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:51 pm

Date walked: 05/01/2022

Time taken: 3.3

Distance: 21.5 km

Ascent: 773m

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Super local morning walk in great weather.

1 Bridleway.JPG
Good path out of Brinscall


2 sunrise.JPG
Sunrise from Great Hill


3 DM ahead.JPG
Darwen Moor ahead - very boggy on this side but a lot of the bogs were frozen today


4 Tower from sub summit.JPG
There are quite a few tops on Darwen Moor and I visited a new one to look over at the tower


5 GH from Cartridge.JPG
Great Hill from Cartridge Hill - the high point on the moor


6 sorry tower.JPG
Sorry looking Darwen Tower and Trig Point - hope they get it restored soon


7 DT from Tockholes area.JPG
Darwen Moor across Roddlesworth Reservoir


8 GH from HLP.JPG
Great Hill from the Pike Lowe area after walking through Withnell Nature Reserve
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