| Walk: | Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Healey Nab, Nab memorial Wood. | ||
| Start Point: | Flaming Grill (Yarrow Bridge Hotel) | Grid Reference: | SD 594 158 |
| Distance: | 5.8 miles | Ascent: | 720 feet |
| Time: | 4 hours | ||
| Weather: | Good, bright, windy, very slight quick hail showers. | ||
| Comments: | Pleasant varied walk , with the obligatory mud & water. Slight diversion to see Bob Schmuhl’s memorial oak tree which is doing well and has a lovely view over the West Pennine Moors. | ||
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The starting point
Smiling faces at a canal crossing
One of the many boggy bits
A view of Chorley as the group head for Healey Nab
Four of the well-wrapped fourteen walkers
A wet but firm footpath at Healey Nab
On Healey Nab
A view from Nab Hill
Judith attends to Bob's Memorial Tree
Bill and company stride out towards Anglezarke Reservoir
A leaf strewn woodland path