July 24th - Pendle Run, Lancs/Yorks


The Alma Inn


Bee still shining after some 150 miles of motorway

Lining up at The Old Stone Trough

Downham, a privately owned village where overhead cables, TV aerials and satellite dishes are banned

Leaving Downham, Pendle Hill in the distance. Purely by chance I read Alfred Wainwright's biography shortly after this run and discovered Pendle Hill was one of the first places he went as a boy to discover his love of high places.

Glorious views from the side of Pendle Hill

The top of 'Nick o' Pendle'


Stonyhurst College

Views out to Blackpool Tower (just visible on the skyline of this picture) ...

... and Morecambe Bay

Village of Dunsop Bridge, geographical centre of the British Isles, commemorated as such in the local telephone box


Back at The Alma after a brilliant day, Bee still gleaming after a further 90 miles.