81 Saturday 21 August 2021 Burnley to Brierfield

 This  was  another   wet  day. I  rang  Joanne  again  about  the  weather. She  said  it  wasn't  raining  in  Burnley and  we  talked  a  bit  about  parking  there.

We  parked  opposite  the  bus  station  and  made  our  way  to  The  Weaver's  Triangle.  Here  we  noted  an  elaborate  sign  post  for  The  Burnley  Way.



As  we  walked  across  the  Burnley  Embankment , we  passed  above  the  car  and  I  offered Simon  another  chance  to   have  his  caguole  as  the  weather looked  very  unpromising  but  he  declined.


 I  pointed  out  Turf  Moor  on  the  far  side  of  the  canal.


We  then  passed  an  old  crane  which  is  still  in  situ


It  started  raining  as  we  got  out  of  the  town  centre  and  walked  over  the  acqueduct  over  the  river  Brun.


Simon's  enthusiasm  started  to  flag  and  he  asked  where  we  were  going  to  finish  which  wasn't  a  good  sign.


There  was  a  good  view  over  the  hills  to  Pendle  Hill


Towards  the  end  we  passed  Reedley  Marina...



......and  then  a  mill  converted  to  canalside  flats.


We  concluded  the  walk  at  this  bridge  in  Brierfield.


We  went  to  the  station but  the  next  train  wasn't  for  an  hour so we  walked  up  to  the  town  centre  for  the  bus. We  missed  one  because  of  two  coaches inconsiderately  parked at  the  bus  stop.  We  got  back  to  Burnley  and  drove  to  The  Star  pub  for  lunch. We  then  drove  home  in  time  for  me  to  listen  to  the  Rochdale  game  on  I-follow.


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