The treacle-eating Boggart is extremely seldom spied He shies away from normal folk - their smell he can't abide. Their lying tongues can...

A slightly misleading title; the route from Sabden to Whalley is indeed westwards, but this route does a bit of meandering before...

With spring on the way: the lanes bedecked with nodding daffodils, forget-me-nots, and grape hyacinths, a clear blue sky, a stiff March...

March mud. After a long wet February, it feels like an age since the paths were dry enough to walk without the suck and squelch of mud....

I have read about Bolton-by-Bowland several times in magazine articles, but until now have never visited. First recorded in the Domesday...

Such a delight to get out and about after a week of rain and gales - two storms back-to-back keeping us more or less by the fireside. But...

The default weather forecast in Sabden, from September to May, seems to be rain. Disheartening if you actually believe it, but I have...

Yesterday, full of optimism, we walked the high valley path from Parsley Barn to Whalley, setting off under a blue sky that was soon...

Pendle Hill. An iconic landmark carved out by nature. Formed by glaciers almost 300 million years ago. Notorious for the legend of the...

Having walked for the last few days, we opted to drive into Whalley, only about three miles away, to have a proper look around. We have...

This has got to be one of the best titles for a walk ever; it sounds more like the title of a Secret Seven adventure story than an...

2023 has been one of the wettest summers I remember, and as such has not been the greatest weather for enjoying walking. I like to think...

If spring in the Ribble Valley was a riot of colour, summer seems to bring an astonishing palette displaying every imaginable shade of...

It is springtime! Our first in Lancashire and it marks the completion of our first year of living in the beautiful Ribble Valley, where...

The valley between Sabden and Downham, taking in Sabden Fold, Newchurch and Barley, must surely be one of Lancashires most unspoiled,...

The views from Longridge Fell are widely acclaimed. It is the most southerly fell in England, lying at the southern end of the Forest of...

Just half an hour's drive from Sabden, over 'The Skaithe' and through some of the most beautiful countryside and picture perfect...

It's not unusual to experience four seasons in one day in Pendle, indeed I am learning that discord between the elements is the norm, and...

A walk in the late afternoon can bring a whole new perspective to an otherwise familiar stroll, and on the right day, dusk gives an...

Pendle Hill stands in splendid isolation, its highest point, Big End, towering over the small picturesque Lancashire village of Barley,...