"If this is rain, then we could do with a bit more of it" remarked the farmer at Greenlands Farm in the Forest of Bowland, for the wet day forecast had turned into one of the best for weeks. The fields were full of lambs, flocks of pewits tumbled about the sky and curlews kept up a continuous bubbling serenade, while the only hint of wet weather was the celandines that sprinkled every field.
LOCATION: Forest of Bowland
START: Chipping car park, toilets
Grid ref: SD622433 Postcode: PR3 2GD
DISTANCE: 6.5 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Forest of Bowland Landranger 103
REFRESHMENTS: Chipping & Gibbon Bridge Hotel
EN ROUTE: River Loud, River Hodder, Ribble
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News