Wessenden Reservoir

Distance: 12 miles

Ascent: Weather: sunny, showers later

Tufty ducks, mallard, wren, swallow, tiny hairy caterpillar, pied wagtail, Mr Squirrel.

After a lie-in, we were ready to set of at about 1pm! We went up to the A62 car park near Brun Clough Reservoir, with the plan to simply walk along the Pennine Way for a while and then turn back.

There were a lot of people out enjoying the day, and we saw curlews and pipets, plus something small and pale with a toowit call that will probably never be identified.

We had lunch by the stream above Blakeley Reservoir (big fish splash, type unknown) where there were lots of people carrying big rucksacks. Rob had his new rucksack dribbled on by a dog but lunch survived.

Walking along the track up to Wessenden Head Reservoir, we noticed people up on a higher path and decided to come back that way. This was a narrow grassy path that led around the edge of the hill, joining a wider track near to Holme Bank Wood, which was very pretty and had a little stone bridge. We met some lively little lambs at Rams Clough, where a narrow walled path led us down to the the main track.

Very dark threatening clouds gathered as we headed back up towards Black Moss Reservoir, and I got to try out my new coat . It's blue.