| Walk: | Ski Rossendale, Shoe Trail, Height End, Top of Slate and the Halo, Cribden End, Scar Foot Farm, Crawshawbooth, Goodshaw Chapel, Gib Hill Lane, Bank Top, Lumb, Higher Walls, Wheat Head and Meadow Head | ||
| Start Point: | Rawtenstall (opposite market) | Grid Reference: | SD 812 231 |
| Distance: | 9.2 miles | Ascent: | 1,400 feet |
| Time: | 5 hours | ||
| Weather: | Clear blue skies | ||
| Comments: | A great day for walking with extensive views (Ingleborough from the Halo - 35 miles away). Ski Rossendale had re-opened the previous day under community ownership and was being well patronised. | ||
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At the start in Rawtenstall
A steep climb out of Rawtestall
At the top of Ski Roddendale
Watched by a donkey on the . . .
Shoe Trail
Halo, Hallo. This must be the halo!!
View across Crawshawbooth
Old Baptist Chapel in Crawshawbooth
The route over the moors started along an old hedge line
We passed through Rossendale airport
Microlite worshipping
Lumb
Eyed up by an Alpaca
It was still sunny at our tea break
A token cloud