Edisford Bridge, Clitheroe. 5.5 miles. Walkers John W, Frank, Vic, Mike and Danny.

The early morning rain had now stopped. After parking up on the pay and display car park at Edisford Bridge, we crossed over the road and walked down the side of the Municipal Swimming Pool and across the grass to the trees opposite.

Turning right, we are now on part of the Ribble Way. After a short distance we come to the gable end of a row of houses. Here the Ribble Way is diverted away from the river.

                           We turn right, passing this magnificent ash tree.

And this house, which always has a good display of plants and flowers. From here, the alert walker will have no difficulty following the well signed route through the houses.

              The residents of this street (sorry Mews) obviously value their privacy.

From here, the hitherto well surfaced road deteriorates as it passes a long row of allotments small holdings and stables.

     

                         Mike renews his acquaintance with an old friend of his.

After leaving the donkeys, the path splits. A lower path follows the river but we follow the path to the right. The large house across the river is Wadddow Hall, now owned by the Girl Guides Association.

Our route takes us through the well maintained grounds of Clitheroe cemetery where there was an abundance of seats for us to choose from for our morning brew.

                                                   

        Exiting the cemetery by a lower path, Vic leads the way back down to the river and               Brungerley Bridge.

                                                Here we stop for a photo shoot.

                                                                          Or two

Climbing up to the road we turn right before crossing the road to enter Brungerley Park and sculpture trail.

Climbing up to the upper path, we follow it to the end, where we exit and turn right, opposite Clitheroe cement works.

After passing the cement works car park, we turn left again to re-enter the park at the lower level,

                                        

                                                                "Say what you see"

                                                                   

Leaving the main path we enter a disused sandstone quarry where we stop for dinner. 

After leaving the park by the same way we came in we crossed over the river by road. Care had to be taken as the road was quite busy and there was no footpath. Once over the bridge, a little further on on the left hand side is a footpath into the grounds of Waddow Hall.

Following the public footpath through the grounds brought us out at Edisford Road which we followed until we reached the footbridge back across the river. The well made footbridge can be seen in the centre of the photo.

We made our way back to the car through the streets of Low Moor, a district of Clitheroe. The weather stayed fine for us, which added to the enjoyment of the walk.                                                                                                           DK