Participants: Neil and Ben, although Ben only had a short walk on the lower slopes, a herd of sheep was the problem this time.
Where: Kirkby Moor, Lowick High Common, 333m/1,092', Sub-2k Marilyn, Map 97, SD 260840
The final hill of the trip was the least interesting. As its name implies, it is high moorland, not made any better by the fact that there is both past and present quarrying activities on the lower slopes and a small wind farm high up. It looks like it is one of the earlier wind farms- the turbines are quite small and very noisy.
Starting point was a small car park just past Gawthwaite from where I could see the old quarry workings with one of the turbines behind.....
The path varied from4 WD track width to sheep track width but I knew from the map that the cairn was just past the first turbine at the edge of the old quarry workings so it was easy to find.....
The distant moorland looked higher but thankfully it wasn't......
and the best of what view there was was towards Black Coombe further round the coast.....
I was back at the car in 50 minutes after which I went to have a look round Grange- over- Sands- a very genteel wee town in a great situation on Morecambe Bay.
The next day it was raining so we went home.
1 comment:
I don't fancy that hill as much :o)
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