Around Preston

Lower Rivington Reservoir is the last in a chain of reservoirs that were built to supply Liverpool, though I think now supply Wigan. They start with the  Roddlesworth Reservoirs , which feed into Anglezarke , via the Goit, which leads to the Upper Rivington Reservoir , and so to the Lower. We started from the Crown Hotel, in Horwich, which is just below the damn. The A673, the Bolton Road, takes us past the entrance to Lever Park. And then along the southwest side of the reservoir. Looking the other way, the town of Blackrod can be see on the hilltop, with St Katherine's Church at the very top. The road departs from the reservoir. On this side, there is no way to walk along the reservoir unfortunately, so we follow the road. There is an Italian restaurant, Luciano's at the Millstone, formerly a pub the Mill Stone Inn, which was there in 1824. We turn right here, and go a short distance along Rivington Lane - previously Pitcher Poke Lane. At the end is a "headless cross...