The group ready for the off at the start of the walk.
Up through Cullingworth Fields.
The old railway line continuing up the valley to Queensbury.
Crossing the fields to Cow House Farm.
The old Lead Mill chimney at Rough Plantation on the approach to Goit Stock Cottages.
Crossing the bridge over Harden Beck.
Meg, one of the dogs, cooling off in the stream.
Roger watching Meg's antics.
The waterfalls in Goitstock Wood.
A very picturesque garden at the end of the wood.
Footpath sign to Hewenden, but we turned left instead up to Harecroft.
As the signs on the post shows, we were following part of the Millennium Way.
First view of Hewenden Viaduct which we were to cross after lunch.
Further views of the viaduct.
Lunch stop at Harecroft Methodist Church Hall.
The interior of the Chapel.
Scale Model of the Chapel.
The old miner's cottage opposite the Chapel where our friend Joyce lived as a girl.
Mimosa round the door on a neighbouring cottage.
Sheep grazing in the fields.
View back up to Harecroft and Bents Head Farm where Joyce was born.
Approaching the viaduct.
Onto the viaduct itself.
Hewenden Reservoir from the Viaduct.
View down to Hallas Bridge and Goit Stock Cottages
The reservoir from the Cullingworth end of the Viaduct.
Details of the Hewenden Viaduct. These show that the Viaduct is 376 yards long and stands 124 feet above the valley.
A very picturesque garden at the end of the wood.
Footpath sign to Hewenden, but we turned left instead up to Harecroft.
As the signs on the post shows, we were following part of the Millennium Way.
First view of Hewenden Viaduct which we were to cross after lunch.
Further views of the viaduct.
Lunch stop at Harecroft Methodist Church Hall.
The interior of the Chapel.
Scale Model of the Chapel.
The old miner's cottage opposite the Chapel where our friend Joyce lived as a girl.
Mimosa round the door on a neighbouring cottage.
Sheep grazing in the fields.
View back up to Harecroft and Bents Head Farm where Joyce was born.
Approaching the viaduct.
Onto the viaduct itself.
Hewenden Reservoir from the Viaduct.
View down to Hallas Bridge and Goit Stock Cottages
The reservoir from the Cullingworth end of the Viaduct.
Details of the Hewenden Viaduct. These show that the Viaduct is 376 yards long and stands 124 feet above the valley.
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