| Walk: | Emmett, Ouzel Thorn, Tarnbrook, Tarnbrook Wyre (River), Spreight Clough, Tower Lodge (known locally as The Canister), Marshaw Wyre (River) Marshaw and Abbeystead House. | ||
| Start Point: | Stoops Bridge, Abbeystead | Grid Reference: | SD 563 543 |
| Distance: | 8 miles | Ascent: | 710 feet |
| Time: | 4.25 hours | ||
| Weather: | Sunny at the outset but clouded over at around 14.00 hrs. Mild. | ||
| Comments: | This week the Marshaw Wyre River wasn’t threatening to flood the car park at Stoops Bridge, Abbeystead, as it was the previous week. With the sun in the sky June led sixteen of us towards Emmett and Ouzle Thorn. By eleven o’clock we were in a field near Emmett Wood. Here we observed two minutes silence. The time was synchronised by a small transistor radio which was held by Bill Morgan, his arm extending in all directions in order to receive a signal. After this sombre moment we continued to Tarnbrook, which at one time was a Quaker “Hat Making” hamlet. Continuing through the small hamlet we then crossed the Tarnbrook Wyre towards Spreight Clough. After a gradual climb we then descended to Tower Lodge (known locally as The Canister). Following the Marshaw Wyre down stream we had lunch at Marshaw with the sun on our backs whilst sitting on boulders forming the river bank. Continuing down stream we passed Abbeystead House which was on the opposite bank of the river. The house was constructed by the Earl of Sefton. Her Majesty the Queen is reputed to have stayed there. After walking over muddy waterlogged ground we arrived back at our cars at Stoops Bridge to be greeted by a hail shower. From then on the weather deteriorated rapidly. A nice walk with gorgeous autumn colours. Thank you June. | ||
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River Wyre at Stoops Bridge
June leads the way as Bill counts everyone out
Past the Lodge to Abbeystead House
Muddy gateway near . . .
what's it called . . .
oh yes, that's it
11 o'clock - two minutes silence as Bill plays at being an aerial
Bird food
Ramblers feeding
Crossing . . .
the Tarnbrook Wyre . . .
and through Tarnbrook
Over the Tarnbrook Wyre again at Gilberton . . .
and a pleasant scene with a tributary stream
Attractive Wyre Way marker showing an indigenous plant
Good views out to Morecambe Bay
Another Wyre Way marker showing the past presence of an artillery battery nearby
Tower Lodge in the Trough of Bowland . . .
and it is the Marshaw Wyre in the Trough
A reflective barn
Lunch stop by the fast flowing Marshaw Wyre
Two minutes called, must leave this pleasant spot
Ghost tree - not frost
another marker stone near . . .
Abbeystead House