The haunting call of the lapwing echoes over the fields around Tarnbrook. The bird is also confusingly known as the pewit or green plover, but there's no confusion about the paths, for many have carved stone waymarks, one enigmatically showing a hat - read on to find out why.
LOCATION: Fifteen miles north of Preston
START: Abbeystead signed from A6. Park on minor road by Stoops Bridge
Grid ref: SD564544 Postcode: LA2 9BH
DISTANCE: 4 miles
GRADE: Easy
TIME: 2 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Forest of Bowland Landranger 102
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Wyre, Lower Lee, Marshall Wyre
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News