Meandanthonys Walk. Fulwood / Cow Hill 6.5 miles

Midgery Lane. With Storm Christoph causing havoc in many parts of our fair county, we set off from our homes to walk around an area we are familiar with, in the hope that we wont get too much of a soaking before getting home again.

              The Motorway Bridge on Durton Lane. Dark clouds are looming in the north.

St Mary's R.C. Church at Fernyhalgh. Not wanting to prolong our walk we pass the church heading towards Our Lady's Shrine at Ladywell.

Again, not knowing what the weather has in store for us, we pass the shrine and along the narrow path, where fallen trees are testament to Christoph having passed this way.

                       Approaching the entrance to Squire Andertons Wood.

      Savick Brook is full and the water is very mucky, but not overflowing, thank goodness.

By the gated entrance to Haighton House, we met up briefly with our friends John and Martin, who were doing a similar walk to ours, but in the opposite direction.

                                                      We go our separate ways.

Having crossed the bridge over the brook, we find there has been a landslip, that has taken a section of the fence down with it.

   But thankfully the path remains intact. We may be among the last ones to pass it before the health and safety bods come along and declare the path unsafe. Or am I being cynical?

                            The path leading to Cow Hill was quite muddy in places.

Londonderry Bridge. Quite why it got that name, I haven't a clue. We had intended to rest here, to recharge our batteries you understand, but the rain began to come down heavily at this point, so we pressed on.

                    We carried on up to Cow Hill, but there wasn't a cow to be seen.

                                           From Cow Hill we started to head back.

After passing a row of terraced houses, we headed along a farm track, which, after passing the Spar Distribution Centre, we joined the Guild Wheel.

I think Anthony is suffering from altitude sickness.

Not a single bike passed us on our trek along the Guild Wheel. No doubt the stretch through Fishwick Bottoms, by the river will be impassable. The day had turned out to be not too bad at all, Indeed as we made our way home along the Guild Wheel the sun was shining. 

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