What a great trip this turned out to be. Just over twenty intrepid visitors assembled at the Horrock’s Fold car park, which is just off Scout Road leading to Belmont – on a day when nobody seemed to know what the weather was going to be like (some in tee shirts, some in all weather gear). Derek Cartwright our guided, who took us around the Anglezarke sites last year, was ably assisted this year by Garry Rhodes.  Garry for many years was a member of Bolton’s Mountain Rescue group and is somebody who knows the these hills like the back of his hand.

As we struck out across the moors the first things we came across were the stone quarries used now by Bolton Gun Club for their Pistol and Rifle shooting ranges (continue reading…).