The October walk was one of the many variations on the Nicky Nook theme, an area that is always popular. The original plan was to start from Garstang, but this would have been a little too long, so a Scorton start was decided on, which would bring the distance to Read more
A decade ago, the local council organized a good, well signed route around Chorley, but the information is now somewhat out of date, creating some navigational challenges in places. Starting from a lay-by on the A6, our little party quickly joined the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and headed north, enjoying Read more
At the last Church Council, we discussed a number of ideas to help those of our readers who would dearly like to attend church services, but cannot manage to get here anymore. First of all, we would remind anyone who has a problem that there are people who are willing Read more
Visitors from the East received a warm welcome at Christ Church on July 8th for the third edition of the ‘Music in the Afternoon’ series. The South Pennine Singers, a 24 strong chamber choir whose members, are mainly from Burnley, Rossendale and Pendle Districts of the County performed a wide Read more
The plan for this month’s walk was another attempt at Parlick, but as the fields surrounding the fell would probably have been saturated from the endless rain, we decided on “Plan B”, The Three Waters. The Three waters of the title are the rivers Brock and Calder and a stretch Read more
If you drive up the A6, past Carnforth, and look to the west you will see the rocky prominence of Warton Crag, with its shear vertical face overlooking the town. This was the object of our walk today. We met at the station car park, somewhat surprised by the reasonable Read more
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This month’s walk was in the hands of Bill, from our Bolton group. The interesting route, roughly between Wigan and Adlington, involved walking along a dismantled railway, river bank and canal and therefore provided a good, solid surface for most of the distance, which considering the weather on the day, Read more
Music in the Afternoon (3rd Edition) At Christ Church, Longridge presents South Pennine Singers Directed by Geoff Balson Sunday 8th July 2012 at 2.30pm Now in its 24th year, the South Pennine Singers is a chamber choir based in Burnley. Its members are mainly from the Burnley area with others Read more