2nd January 2012 - Hog Lowe Pike
Walk Details
Distance walked: 2.3 miles
Total ascent: 526 ft
OS Map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 2 hrs
Route description: Calf Hey Reservoir-Hog Lowe Pike-Calf Hey Reservoir
Just a quick walk to blow the cobwebs away. After parking in the car park at Calf Hey Reservoir I made my way up to the summit of Hog Lowe Pike in the West Pennine Moors before returning by the same route. It was cold and windy on the summit but I spent about 30 minutes there taking some pictures and having a flask of tea in the shelter of a wall. Something that was different from when I was here last September is that United Utilities have started felling some of the conifers that surround the reservoir with the aim to replace them with native broad-leaved woodland.
Total ascent: 526 ft
OS Map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors
Time taken: 2 hrs
Route description: Calf Hey Reservoir-Hog Lowe Pike-Calf Hey Reservoir
Just a quick walk to blow the cobwebs away. After parking in the car park at Calf Hey Reservoir I made my way up to the summit of Hog Lowe Pike in the West Pennine Moors before returning by the same route. It was cold and windy on the summit but I spent about 30 minutes there taking some pictures and having a flask of tea in the shelter of a wall. Something that was different from when I was here last September is that United Utilities have started felling some of the conifers that surround the reservoir with the aim to replace them with native broad-leaved woodland.
Route map
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A cold and windswept Calf Hey Reservoir
Calf Hey and Ogden Reservoirs as I start the climb uphill
Heading up through the trees
Haslingden Grane
Hog Lowe Pike ahead
Winter Hill and Darwen Moor from Hog Lowe Pike
Darwen Moor behind Edgerton Moss
Pendle Hill, Great Hameldon and Boulsworth Hill visible in the distance to the north
Pendle Hill from Hog Lowe Pike
Pendle Hill
Causeway Height
Rushy Hill on the other side of Haslingden Grane
Pendle Hill and Great Hameldon in the distance on the walk back down
Back above the reservoirs