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13th January 2013 - Bull Hill & Holcombe Moor

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 4.6 miles

Total ascent: 735 ft

OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors

Time taken: 2 hrs

Route description: Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood-Chatterton Close-Peel Tower-Harcles Hill-Bull Hill-Layby on B6214 at Buckden Wood

A combination of poor planning and a change in todays forecast, saw me resorting to doing this very local walk.

A cold and frosty morning before the snow arrived in the afternoon.

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A fine and frosty morning as I set off along the bridleway to Peel Tower
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Rossendale from the bridleway
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A few shots from the moorland around Peel Tower. Here, looking towards Bull Hill.
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Winter Hill is out there somewhere but it's too misty to be seen
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and finally looking south towards Manchester
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Heading up Harcles Hill
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Bull Hill from Harcles Hill
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Rossendale
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Cowpe Lowe and Scout Moor on the other side of the valley
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and again but this time from the trig point on Bull Hill
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Looking back to Peel Tower and Holcombe Moor
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West Pennine Moors
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Rossendale as I head back down
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and finally through Buckden Wood

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