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Longton

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After the long trip to Kendal, this is a short 4 miles from home - though it still took over 30 minutes to get there! At one time it was on the road from Preston to Liverpool, though a bypass now takes the A59 well to the east of the village. The village has two clusters of shops, both on bends in the road. We start at the Preston end, which is the less attractive, and the Ram's Head, the least attractive pub in the village. Across Chapel Lane is Hopton's Tap House. And then over School Lane is st Andrew's Church, built in 1887, and replacing an earlier church built in 1772. The lands in the area were worked by monks from Penwortham Priory at one time, and they are thought to have built the first chapel, but its location is not known. There is a short row of shops opposite the church. And just beyond is Booths. About half way between the two clusters of shops in the Black Bull, dating from the early nineteenth century. And then we get the other shops, the first on the right...
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Ribble at Clitheroe

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This was a pleasant walk taking about an hour. It starts from Edisford, where there is a convenient car park, just east of the river. This is the bridge at Edisford. Presumably there was a ford here originally. This is the main road west out of Clitheroe, going to... well, Longridge, maybe. There is not a lot that way! After crossing the bridge, we turned right, heading north, upriver. Looking back, you can see the bridge again. Shortly there is a second bridge. There was a mill on the other side, called Low Mill, and the footbridge I guess served that. The view from the bridge, looking down river. The mill is gone, but there is an eclectic mix of houses where it used to be, some presumably dating from that era. It is a bit of a wiggle through to get to Chapel Close, which then heads north, through farmland. We saw a donkey! This is looking over towards the Ribble. The first line of trees marks where the mill race used to be. Chapel Close becomes a track - a rather muddy one when we we...
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Kendal

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Kendal is a small town, characterised as the Gateway to the Lakes. It is a bit of a stretch to call it "Around Preston", but it has an important link to the city - this was the northern terminus of the Lancaster Canal. It was 1819 before the canal finally got here. Today the canal ends at Tewitfield, just northeast of Carnforth, where the A6070 crosses it, the A road being moved to make room for the M6. It continues as a non-navigable waterway for some way, but the canal from Sedgewick to Kendal was filled in in the 1960s. The last mile or so is now a pleasant walk, which I picked up from behind the leisure centre (which has a car park). This is the view looking south, the leisure centre is to the right. Heading north, there is a "change" bridge, where the tow path swapped from one side to the other. A "change" bridge allows the horse to keep pulling the boat without being unhitched. Further along is another bridge, also in good condition. I think this wou...
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