Monday, December 28th. 7.75 miles. Longridge.
Over the Christmas period I’ve strived to fit some exercise in most days amongst the over-indulgences, though the latter have been few this strange season. Overnight there has been a light dusting of snow and by the time I get out the sun is shining brightly. I use different lanes through Thornley-with-Wheatley to gain the usual Longridge Fell circuit. I have to brave the fast traffic for a short distance past The Derby Arms until a pavement is gained passing Lee House Church where I head onto the fell using little lanes going up Birk’s Brow. I’m now able to relax although I have to watch the icy patches.
People are met going up past the golf course and the car park at Cardwell is the busiest I’ve ever seen it with excess cars parked along the road for a considerable distance. I had forgotten it was a Bank Holiday, not that it matters to me. All the way up I’ve had views across the Vale of Chipping to the snowy Bowland Fells.
Down to The Newdrop where there is still one of those apt slate poems to be read. Onwards on the switchback road to Longridge. The top reservoir looking decidedly cold in the fading light and the snow was slowly thinning on the hills.
I passed JD running up the fell on his training schedule, but I was soon back for an early supper. That was an easy walk an even easier write-up.
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Your record of outings is an example to us all – your mileage too. Certainly beats my record recently. I’m getting too fond of a warm duvet. 👍
More quantity than quality.
I stay under my duvet most mornings drinking coffee until 10, and then I seem energised to get out for some moderate exercise if only around the village. I’m too scared to travel far with this new wave of viruses.
Lovely snowy pics with lots of blue sky 🙂 It went very frosty overnight here but up to now has just been dull and wet 🙁
The blue sky makes all the difference.