| Walk: | Lea, Ashton, Ingol and Lea Town | ||
| Start Point: | The Smiths Arms, Lea Town. | Grid Reference: | SD 476 311 |
| Distance: | 5.8 miles | Ascent: | 125 feet |
| Time: | 3 hours | ||
| Weather: | Sunny at first and then clouding over with a spot of rain at the end of the walk. A cool slight wind! | ||
| Comments: | After pre-ordering lunch at The Smiths Arms, the group of forty-one traversed three fields and three stiles before re-entering Darkinson Lane at Lea Town. Continuing down the lane they passed Brewer House Farm before crossing more fields to reach the south side of the Millennium Ribble Link (canal). Turning east they then followed canal, which was formerly part of Savick Brook, to pass under a railway and arrived at a series of locks connecting the Ribble Link to the Lancaster Canal (Preston to Kendal Canal). The group then took to the tow path of the Lancaster Canal and followed it to Lea Lane, Lea Town where a short stretch of road took them to the Smiths Arms. | ||
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The Start
Darkinson Lane, Lea Town
A lock on the Millennium Ribble Link canal
A bridge over quiet waters
Preston North End training ground
Deep in thought
Get ahead get a hat
A pedestrian bridge under a railway bridge
Sue studies a plaque
Some of the forty odd walkers
The basin connecting the Lancaster Canal to the Millennium Ribble Link
The Lancaster Canal near Lea