89 Sunday 17 October 2021 Brierfield to Barrowford

 For  this  trip  we  welcomed  a  new  member  in  Simon's  girlfriend  Molly.  As  it  was  raining,. I  decided  to  return  to  the  canal. We  parked  the  car  at  Brierfield  Station.and  walked  down  to  the  canal. When  we  got  there  we  found  a  group  of  people  with  cameras and  equipment  milling  around. One  of  them  then  asked  me  if  I  was  Jerry . It  turned  out  they  were  magnet  fishing  for  a  Youtube  channel  called  Muddy  Waters  Magnet  Fishing. We  had  a  chat  and  swapped  addresses  before  moving  on.


We  soon  passed  a  huge  converted  mill.


Further  on, there  was  a  canalside  mosaic


The  canal  had  a  number  of  bends. We  saw  Nelson  parish  church  above  one  of  them.


Shortly  after  that, we  had  a  coffee  break


We  passed  a  football  match  near  to  Barrowford  and   just  after  that  had  to  cross  a  bridge  as  the towpath  switched  sides.


Simon  and  Molly  conferred  on  how  close  we  were  to  finishing  according  to  Google  Maps.


We  soon  came  to  Barrowford  Locks.



We  left  the  canal  at  the  next  bridge.


We  walked  down  the  road  to  Pendle  Heritage  Centre  where  we  had  lunch.


We  had  a  bit  of  time  to  kill  before  the  next  bus. We  looked  round  an  art  exhibition. Simon  and  Molly  explored  the  gardens  while  I  went  into  the  Farming  Museum.


We  then  waited  for  the  bus  opposite  the  White  Bear Inn. It  wasn't  going  back  to  Brierfirld  so we  had  to  change  at  Nelson  Interchange. We  then  got  back  to  the  car  and  went  home.






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