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3rd January 2021 - Blacko Hill and Weets Hill

Walk Details

Distance walked: 8.4 miles

Total ascent: 1099 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 4 hrs

Route description: Foulridge-B6251-Reedymoor Lane-Slipper Hill-Leeds and Liverpool Canal-Wanless Bridge-Barnoldswick Road-Great Stonedge Farm-Blacko-Beverley Road-Burnt House Farm-Blacko Hill Side Farm-Blacko Hill-Admergill Pasture Cottage-Gisburn Old Road-Weets Hill-Gisburn Old Road-Standing Stone Lane-Whitemoor Riding Centre-Holly Bush Farm-Reedymoor Lane-B6251-Foulridge


I hadn't planned on heading out for a walk today but the sight of snow and sunshine proved to be irresistible, and it's back to work tomorrow, so after lunchtime I decided to set off from home for Weets Hill. To make the most of the time available I made my way across to Blacko before making my way north to Weets Hill. It was a fantastic afternoon for a walk with a mix of cloud and sunshine, and great views across a snow covered landscape. I certainly made a good decision.

From where I live in Foulridge I walked west along the B6251 and then Reedymoor Lane towards Foulridge Lower Reservoir. Below Foulridge Lower Reservoir I took the bridleway to Slipper Hill, then crossed the lane and took the bridleway opposite to join the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to Wanless Bridge. I left the canal towpath here, crossed Wanless Bridge, and followed a footpath up fields to reach Barnoldswick Road opposite The Cross Gaits Inn. I then crossed the road and took the footpath opposite to Great Stonedge Farm, turned right, briefly followed a lane north, took a path straight on at a cottage, and then turned right to follow a footpath along the edge of a field to Beverley Road. After crossing Beverley Road I took the footpath opposite to and around Burnt House Farm and then took a footpath on the left up to Blacko Hill Side Farm and then up onto Blacko Hill. I then took a footpath across Blacko Hill to Admergill Pasture Cottage before following a footpath up to Gisburn Old Road, which I then walked up to its top at Weets House Farm for a visit to the top of Weets Hill. After taking in the view I returned to Weets House Farm at the top of Gisburn Old Road, then walked all the way down Gisburn Old Road, turned left onto Standing Stone Lane, then took the footpath on the right through Whitemoor Riding Centre down to Holly Bush Farm, then down a lane past Sand Hall towards Reedymoor Lane. I left this lane for a path on the left by the old railway line, which I followed east until I reached a footpath on the right which took me across a couple of fields to Reedymoor Lane. After walking north along Reedymoor Lane I turned right onto the B6251 and followed this back to Foulridge and home.

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Leaving Foulridge on the B6251
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Sunshine and snow in Foulridge
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Blacko Hill in the distance from Reedymoor Lane
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By the towpath of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to Wanless Bridge..
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Boulsworth Hill in the distance as I reach Barnoldswick Road at The Cross Gaits Inn
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Pendle Hill as I follow the footpath to Blacko
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Blacko Hill to my right
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Looking back with Bleara Moor, Kelbrook Moor and Noyna Hill in the distance
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Pendle Hill as I make my way through Blacko..
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Blacko Hill from Burnt House Farm
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Looking down on Blacko Hill Side Farm and Blacko as I head up onto Blacko Hill
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Bleara Moor and Kelbrook Moor from Blacko Hill
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Pendle Hill and Burn Moor
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Looking back to Blacko Hill as I head to Admergill Pasture Cottage
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Greystone Moor and the A682 to Gisburn
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Burn Moor and Greystone Moor as I head up past Admergill Pasture Cottage to Gisburn Old Road..
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Blacko Hill and Pendle Hill
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Looking back to Blacko Hill
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Heading up Gisburn Old Road to Weets Hill
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Blacko Hill, the Forest of Pendle and Pendle Hill
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Looking back down Gisburn Old Road with Boulsworth Hill in the distance
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The mix of sunshine and cloud makes for some atmospheric light
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Looking across the Ribble Valley to the Forest of Bowland from the top of the Pennine Bridleway below Weets Hill
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Heading for the top of Weets Hill
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Burn Moor and a cloud topped Pendle Hill
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On the top of Weets Hill with expanses of snowy moorland to the east..
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Looking northeast and north to the Yorkshire Dales..
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Weets Hill is a good place for a bit of sledging today
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A still cloud topped Pendle Hill from the the trig point on Weets Hill
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Pendle Hill and the Forest of Bowland
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Back at the top of the Pennine Bridleway. The snow covered tussocks of grass provide a good foreground for another photo of Pendle Hill.
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Looking north along the Pennine Bridleway towards the Ribble Valley and the Forest of Bowland
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Heading back down Gisburn Old Road
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Blacko Hill to my right. As the sun starts to set a lovely light develops.
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Looking back to Weets Hill
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Blacko Hill, the Forest of Pendle and Pendle Hill
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The sun starts to set as I walk down Gisburn Old Road..
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Foulridge Lower Reservoir ahead as I follow the footpath from Whitemoor Riding Centre down to Holly Bush Farm
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The sun sets over a frozen Slipper Hill Reservoir
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Sunset in Foulridge
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A cold end to the day in Foulridge..
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