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8th May 2011 - Darwen Moor

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 5.0 miles

Total ascent: 897 ft

OS map used: 287 - West Pennine Moors

Time taken: 2.5 hrs

Route description: Slipper Lowe car park, Tockholes Rd-Darwen Moor-Jubilee Tower-Earnsdale Reservoir-Tockholes Plantations-Slipper Lowe car park, Tockholes Rd

A walk in the West Pennine Moors visiting Darwen Moor and Tower.

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Track onto Darwen Moor
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Fire damaged moorland on Great Hill and Withnell Moor
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View across to the Forest of Bowland
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Darwen Tower ahead
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Darwen Moor. A heavy shower then passed but I had shelter ahead at the tower.
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Views from the top of the tower. The West Pennine Moors.
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View towards the coast over Sunnyhurst Hey reservoir
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Pendle Hill in the distance beyond Blackburn
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The Forest of Bowland getting the shower
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​The town of Darwen
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Darwen Moor. The TV mast can be seen on Winter Hill.
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The Forest of Bowland appears as the shower clears away
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Back on the ground next to the trig point
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Leaving Darwen Tower behind
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Heading down
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Darwen Moor and tower from the dam of Earnsdale reservoir. At this point there was a thunderstorm approaching but I escaped the worst of it and I was relatively sheltered walking through the woods of the Tockholes plantations.
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Bluebells as I walk through the woods....
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On the way back to the car park. The River Roddlesworth...
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