58 Saturday 6th March 2021 Higher Wheelton to Feniscowles
Today was my choice so we continued along the towpath of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. Today's stretch was a little less scenic but interesting. We got off to an early start and got some breakfast at The Golden Lion , Higher Wheelton where we parked up. We then walked down to the canal.
Just a short distance into the walk, Simon noticed the Thirlmere Aqueduct above the far bank.
We soon came to Withnell Fold.
Here we met a small party of walkers. I recognised one as Kevin Matthews who was briefly involved with the RA group I'm in. We had a chat but I think I remembered him more than vice versa. Going forward, we came out of the wooded Lostock valley and into more open country. We saw fewer people on this stretch.
We soon crossed under the M65.
There were still some attractive parts further on. Now the people we saw were generally younger local people using the towpath as a shortcut rather than walkers like us.
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