Walking near Pendle

With my new found leisure time, one aim is to get back into walking in the countryside. So armed with a new guidebook "Walking Country - Pendle & the Ribble" from Hillside Publications
I chose walk no 7 - Rimington and set off for the car park in Downham.

The walk was easy going but well planned taking in some great scenery and a fair bit of industrial heritage - mines and lime kilns as well as mills and farms.

Being June, buttercups were out in force and rather suprisingly (to me anyway) a lot of large fungus on trees.

I said it was well planned and with a carefully chosen start time and leaving plenty of time for photo-opportunities I contrived to arrive at Rimington, or more specifically the Black Bull just in time for lunch. A Thwaites house with properly hand-pulled cask beers and an excellent range of sandwiches - thoroughly recommended.

Some photos taken on the way, this is Ings Beck.

Everywhere on this walk, Pendle Hill imposes it's looming prescence














These two were taken after Rimington on the
walk towards Hollins & Ings End.










The clouds really were threatening, though thankfully it did not really start raining until the walk was almost finished.

Looking in the other direction from Pendle there is a terrific view towards the giants of Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent.