Distance 17 miles
Ascent 480m
Weather: warm and sunny
Loaded up with lunch we set off from the hotel along Lords Lane, which leaves the main road near to Lower Cockleach and Higher Cockleach. We didn't go to either.
A short stretch of muddiness led up into a rabbit field. There was a rather grand looking house where some bunnies were relaxing by the pool.
A lane led up on to Longridge Fell then we went through a gate on to moorland and bog. We admired the views from the trig point at Spire Hill before crossing a wall and going into the woods.
The paths through the pine trees were boggy muddy with other walkers and mountain bike ruts. We made our way out on to a forestry track and a quiet lane into the valley.
We followed a river bank (passing a sign asking people not to have picnics on this stretch) path through woodland and mud. At a more pleasant spot, definitely not on that stretch, we had lunch sitting on a pebbled beach, with a hare and a heron.
Our route took us through the grounds of Stony Hurst college in a very circuitous fashion because a bit of the driveway is it a right of way. That didn't seem to be stopping anyone else from using it. At the end of their drive we a sit down under a big statue of JC squashing some cows and Yoda with his space hopper. Rob tells me it's not JC, it's Mary squashing some cows and Yoda with her space hopper.
We walked down a lane to the River Ribble crossing by the new bridge that has just opened replacing the suspension ridge washed away in 2015 and had a sit on a bench and had tea and cake. More muddy fields and woods took us along the river to Ribchester Bridge and into town. We are staying at the Riverside Barn B&B which is somewhere near the river. Perhaps.
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