Ascent: 800m
Weather: chilly, warmer in the sun, cold wind
Not quite the official Aiggin Stone Ramble, or even the official short version, as we actually walked passed the Aiggen Stone.
Starting from the car park near the aerial (just up the road from Jn22 of the M62), we went around the Windy Hills, under the motorway and to Hollingworth Lake. Then through Littleborough, stopping at the King William IV pub in Shore (which looks very nice and serves food, but has no card machine) for refreshments and over the moors - where we saw a herd of horses roaming free, some pensive cows, a fed up sheep, a very pregnant (or fat) Balwen sheep and a bunny. Down a steep sided hill into Todmorden, we followed the canal (which didn't at all smell of dog poo, unlike last time we went there) for a couple of miles (stopping for a snack and some rucksack faffing) and then up the other side of the valley from Walland up the Light Hazzles. Back along the track by the reservoirs, past the White House Inn, over Blackstone Edge and back along the Pennine Way.
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