Reasons for 'leave of absence' came thick and fast this week.... and what a wonderful, seismic, atomic walk they all missed!
The raison d'etre for this walk was to visit (or re-visit) The Atom, above Wycolar, east of Colne.
The Atom is one of four panoptics in east Lancashire. They are four very different structures erected in the area to mark the regeneration of the area in the 1980s.
Walkers: John R, Frank, Martin and Anthony. Distance: 7 miles.
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| The start for the walk was Ball Grove Park and nature reserve just outside Colne. |
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| Part of the reserve. |
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| Is this a heron...at rest? There's another one lying down. |
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Passing through Covey Bridge.
(Note the proliferation of hairy legs.) |
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| Arriving in the picturesque village of Wycolar |
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A very old pack-horse bridge in the centre of the village.
In the distance can be seen the ruins of Wycolar Hall.
Wycoller Hall is thought to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. |
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| Our first view of the Atom (That's it in the distance, not the foreground!) |
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| Who's calling me 'atomic'? |
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| John, admiring the nucleus. Someone's nicked the core of the atom.) |
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| A great view of Pendle Hill |
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| Descending to Trawden on the way back to the carpark. |
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