30th March 2018 - Parlick and Fair Snape Fell
Walk Details
Distance walked: 6.0 miles
Total ascent: 1356 ft
OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: Fell Foot-Parlick-Fair Snape Fell-Saddle Fell-Saddle End Farm-Wolfen Mill-Fish House Lane-Fell Foot
There isn't the greatest of weather forecast for the Easter weekend but it is good enough for getting out and doing local walks. My walk today is in the Forest of Bowland as will be the one I have planned for Sunday, which is twice the length of this one and there's supposed to be a better day in store for that one. The route is one that I last did in April 2017 except this time I went the other way round and got the steep climb up Parlick out of the way at the start. The skies gradually brightened while I was out to give some spring sunshine but there was still a cold breeze up on the fells.
From where I parked on the roadside at Fell Foot I climbed up the front of Parlick to its summit and continued on across the fell to Fair Snape Fell, where I took a break in the shelter. I then headed northeast to the summit cairn on Fair Snape Fell at a junction of fences. From there a made path was followed east and then south down Saddle Fell and onto the footpath past Saddle End Farm and out to the road. Here I turned right and walked down the lane past Wolfen Mill, up Fish House Lane and then right, up the lane to Fell Foot.
Total ascent: 1356 ft
OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: Fell Foot-Parlick-Fair Snape Fell-Saddle Fell-Saddle End Farm-Wolfen Mill-Fish House Lane-Fell Foot
There isn't the greatest of weather forecast for the Easter weekend but it is good enough for getting out and doing local walks. My walk today is in the Forest of Bowland as will be the one I have planned for Sunday, which is twice the length of this one and there's supposed to be a better day in store for that one. The route is one that I last did in April 2017 except this time I went the other way round and got the steep climb up Parlick out of the way at the start. The skies gradually brightened while I was out to give some spring sunshine but there was still a cold breeze up on the fells.
From where I parked on the roadside at Fell Foot I climbed up the front of Parlick to its summit and continued on across the fell to Fair Snape Fell, where I took a break in the shelter. I then headed northeast to the summit cairn on Fair Snape Fell at a junction of fences. From there a made path was followed east and then south down Saddle Fell and onto the footpath past Saddle End Farm and out to the road. Here I turned right and walked down the lane past Wolfen Mill, up Fish House Lane and then right, up the lane to Fell Foot.
Route map
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Bowland farmland from where I'm parked at Fell Foot
and the slopes of Parlick, Wolf Fell and Saddle Fell
A steep climb later and I'm on the top of Parlick. Looking to Fair Snape Fell.
Totridge and Easington Fell in the distance
Easington Fell, Pendle Hill and Longridge Fell
Heading for Fair Snape Fell
Hazelhurst Fell and Fair Snape Fell from Nick's Chair
Looking back to Parlick with Beacon Fell on the right
Longridge Fell and Parlick from Fair Snape Fell. The hills way in the distance are the West Pennine Moors.
Parlick and Beacon Fell
The trig point on Fair Snape Fell. This isn't the high point though, which is marked by a cairn several hundred metres away.
On the other side of the trig point for a better view to the northwest over Hazelhurst Fell towards Morecambe Bay
The large cairn of Paddy's Pole and Parlick
At the cairn that marks the high point. Hints of Morecambe Bay in the distance beyond Hawthornthwaite Fell.
Bowland fells to the north including Ward's Stone and Wolfhole Crag
Finally, Totridge, Easington Fell and Pendle Hill
On the path to Saddle Fell
The Loud Valley and Parlick from Saddle Fell
Heading down Saddle Fell with the Loud Valley and the slopes of Longridge Fell in front of me
Pendle Hill and Longridge Fell
Parlick on the other side of Greenlough Clough
The colourful slopes of Wolf Fell
I reach the foot of Saddle Fell at Saddle End Farm
On my way past Wolfen Mill
Easington Fell, Pendle Hill and Longridge Fell from Fish House Lane
Parlick looms large as I approach Fell Foot and the finish