Darwen Tower Walk

On Saturday 20th August a group of us from The Wainwright Society met up at Tockholes near Darwen for a walk up to Darwen Tower. Below are the pictures capturing details of the walk.



Lyn & Heather in the car park.






Preparing for the off.










The descent towards Earnscale Reservoir.





Lizzie making short work of a tree branch.






Rest stop above Earnsdale.







Bros waiting for Ray to catch up!







First proper sighting of the Tower.






Bros racing up the field.





Lesley and Jenny.






Heather by the heather sharing a joke with John.






One of the stone marker posts with the Tower carved on them.






View across to Blackburn and the M65.







View over to Darwen.






The final climb to the Tower.






Nearly there!







The trig point and Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir.







Rest of the group coming up the track.






View from up the Tower.






View of the rest of the walkers from the top of the Tower.







View across to Blackpool and the Fylde coast.








Darwen Moor.






Kevin, Frank & Jenny.






Some of the group looking at the 80 foot drop down to the ground.







James taking a breather.






Ray setting up the camera for the Group Photo.








The group with the Tower in the background.







The descent to Stepback Clough.






The track back to Roddlesworth







Well deserved drinks at the end.





Beattie.






Bros.