C lithe roc Advertiser and Times, Friday, April 25, 1969 5


Canadians will stay in ditheroe


homes Seven Canadian Rotarians will be visiting East Lan­


at the invitation of the Rotar­ ians District 119 and during the last week in April. they will stay in the homes of Rotarians living in Clitheroe.' Accrington and Great Harwood.


cashire later this month. They are coming to this area


under the Rotary's Group Study Exchange Scheme.


The visit has been arranged


activity of the Rotary Founda­ tion which provides awards for an exchange of groups of young business and professional- men between paired districts in different countries for two- month study periods.


The scheme is an educational Mayor


to this area, the Canadians will spend a morning at Calderstones Hospital, Whalley. They will have lunch at the hospital and then visit the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. S. F. Hardman in the Mayor's Par­ lour.


visited Canada some time ago. During the week’s visit


Ribbiiesdale Cement Ltd., has been arranged, and in the evening it is hoped they will see Whalley Parish Church.


In the afternoon, a tour of Clitheroe youth hurt


pital on Sunday night after an incident in; Whalley Road


Clitheroe. Keith1


A youth was taken to hos­


Road, received 10 stitches for facial'cuts,, but was allowed home after'treatment.


’ Bielby- of Whalley


Three .youths are helping the police with their inquiries


Rotarians from District 119


TROUGH OF BOWLAND FOOTPATH PROPOSAL


Ramblers who h a v e


waited years for the right: to hike through the heather of the Trough of Bowland, one of Lancashire’s best ; scenic assets may soon see positive steps being ’made to meet their demands. ,


tions to be-started .to secure access-: agreements to three parts of the Trough, which could .be .linked to .form a boundary .walk, on the ' lines of .th< Pennine Way. ■ ,


Scenery


undertaken with the West Riding County Council, where their interests converge in the Forest of Bowland1 Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. No firm line has yet been


The scheme would be jointly


development committee has authorised formal negotia­


i Lancashire planning. ' and • . . . f •


not necessarily be along , the precise boundary all the way. Talks with country land-


owners have been making slow progress, ' but pressurefrom the Ramblers’ Association has brought the formal , negotia­ tions nearer. '


feels that proposals, ’■ for Clougha (1,750 acres). Baines Cragg (99 acres')', Fairsnape and Parlick (1.850 acres) and seven-mile access footpath from Clougha. via ' Ward's Stone to Taro-brook would pro­ vide' reasonable access to the countryside while safeguard­ ing the landowners', against unnecessary .intrusion: and- dis­ turbance.


The planning committee


fixed, but it may run from the confluence of the Hodder and Ribble. near Hurst Green, along the county boundary to a point south of the Lune, in the High Bentham area.


of the hills, occasionally dip­ ping down into the valleys for variety of scenery. I t would


It is likely to follow the line


Important questions of finan­ cial compensation to land- owners. the adequacy of war­ den services and by-law con­ trol will obviously have a big influence on these proposals, and on the financial involve­ ment of the county council, but all eventual expenditure should rank for up to 75 per cent Exchequer grant”.


The committee adds: .“The •' , . • ’ Network


emphasised the need for l a greater measure of public access in the Forest of Bow­ land, and it was considered the demand could be most


By-pass vehicle cut cable Sunday lunches in several villages were put in danger


last weekend when two 11,000 volt feeder cables were


severed at Worston, cutting off electricity for a short time. The villages affected, were Worston, Rimington, Newsholme,


Paythorne Middop, Downham and parts of Chatburn. The cables were severed by a caterpillar scraper vehicle , at


alternative supplies, and most of the villages had electricity res­ tored a little more than an hour later, though some did not


North Western Electricity Board engineers connected ■ up . . ,


Church was temporarily not working. However the congregation at the morning service sang hymns


receive theirs until about 1-45 p.m. Because of the cut, the electric organ in Downham Parish


unaccompanied and the Vicar, Canon H. V. Whitsey, used a tun­ ing fork to get the correct pitch.


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work on the Whalley-Clitheroe by-pass, at 10-40 a.m. No.one was hurt.


A report published in 1967


adequately met by th e creation of a network of foot­ paths linking the principal centres of interest, and with access areas initially: confined to limited areas on the peri­ phery.


land fear there wild not be adequate protection .against vandalism, litter louts and fire hazards if they allow their rolling acres to be thrown open to the visitors who flock to the Trough every summei weekend.


But the landowners ol Bow-


ence . of what - "public access” can mean, although they take a tolerant view of car trippers who picnic beside streams


familiar with th e risks already. Even without access agreements, they have been left to pay for damaged shoot­ ing cabins, mutilated trees, and broken fences. They share a bitter expert


Most of them are all too


just off the Trough road. Casual parking at Bowland


beauty spots has grown into a major problem. Thousands of towering trees are in dan­ ger, and to ease the situation, the planners are drawing up schemes for new picnic sites with linked car parks.


Summit zr~,' ~


Naturalists v is it Fountains A b b ey


.. warden' service, which Fountains Abbey. landowners hinted might help ^ them yield to the council’s


naturalists it-u uy ivir.A. u. rulns we wondered what the . Smith left by coach for connections were between


Peak District is.any guide. fmrton and Patelev Bridge a Only 35-years after.the start But while the Bowland b a r-l jj and a half from Green- °f Fountains,'a-party of monks


year, if the service m the I : —„ „ „ sea level oh the old


------ ,— «- — - - - - - - - - | stumn Cross caverns, 1200 feet demands, could cost £20,000 a bove- sea level on Ule old


countryside acres elsewhere. ' , ’ ,, •-------- -y — i turnpike road between Grass- ' , ■ . ■


gaining goes °n, the county h ir hill an old iead mining left for Sawley on-the banks council is opening tip more nt


was bought earlier this year above sea iCTe ia to be the for nearly £ 10,000 from the highest » “ nta n


mit on the fringe of Bowland, »as- we 1 j . Beacon Fell, the 873 ft sum- A serviced beauty spot.


be the Fountains abbey; two Sawleys 5Q mUes of each otheri


fe»t “


Fylde Water Board, to be Our obje-tne was the cav- properly exploited as a well- erns at Stump Crosg which


of the Ribble-where-they be- . gan to build another abbey.


is a Sawley near to


maUy designated as a country made a permanent entrance the architectnre and the work- park under the Countryside and deepened some passages manship which had gone mto Act 1968


The land is now to be for- miners 109 years ago. They about the rums, marvelling at were found by a party of For an hour or so we moved


and ^ ngar to Qr connected an abl}ev '


Six other areas are a l s o b e -


but did not extend further, it- I t must have been a mag- writes ''Rambler''.


ing. considered os country In 1922, a party working con- . H parks: The Formby coastal tinuously for 118 hours, dug a lf) c ] area; Angelzarke, Chorley out a silt choke for 100 feet, ‘“ . E “ V S Rural District; Scorton gravel which resulted in a way being pits, Preston Rural District: opened -up to the lower pas-


Rural District; Pennington Flash, Leigh, and the Three Sisters recreational area, Ashton-in-Makerfieid.


Emphasis


based on the use of derelict land as, in the work under- taken so far. considerable Here we saw stalactites. , emphasis has been given to At the bottom of the stairs the. rehabilitation of such land we turned left to the show and its use for recreational cave, passing a door which purposes.


Four of these schemes are


I the show cave. Wo entered by a concrete


I stairway, part ot which is built into a natural fissure.


outline development and


already the future.-, .


The committee • says: “Tire “butcher's shop provision of of vital


will-be.considered in the.nearl W rnoved-t ■ over


the Anglezarke '


, ; - a a ,


wit-h such a 444L-41.W M


Mr. F. Christy, of Windsor


Avenue, Clitheroe, was elec­ ted president of the Clith- croe and District Caledonian Society at the annual gen­ eral meeting in the starkie Arms Hotel on Friday. Mr. W. G, Scott was elec­


ted vice-president. Secretary, Mrs. M. Knight


and treasurer, Mr. W! Mc­ Leod were re-elected. About 5o members and


friends attended the buffet dance when Mrs. Stella Smith sang Scottish songs accompanied by Mr. Brian Scott, playing the piano


accordian. ' Magical tricks were per­


formed by Mr. Derek Smith. Left to right above are


Mr. W. G. Scott, Mrs. Knight, Mr. Christy and Mr, McLeod.


Venture Scouts’


ACROSS


3 Doesn’t forget about those ■ in the society (9).


1 (6.5)'.


7 Ash-container (31. 8 Their branches may be ,manv, relatively speaking


1 1 See 19 Across. 13 Serial reset in the country 1 (6).


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0 A round for; the clergy­ man (5).


14 Fleet member seen with a •girl (6).


21 After a circular letter, you and I are under an obliga­ tion (3).


a seat missing! (5).


solently; 8, Edit; 10, Patients; 11, Aboard; 12,' Coping; 14,


17 In'the deeper mine several '•warm furs are neded (7).


19 and 11 Ac. Small-minded NCO? (5-7);


20 Study team speed, show­ ing thought for others 2 (11).


23 Cuts down the number of acres involved with seed


2 What somnolent bidders do? (3).


DOWN ' (9). '


2 Military marches are not ■


1 Give money for the under- ' writer? (9).


3 Novel can be rearranged in capital city (7).


unknown to him (1 1 ).


5 If a word in French is written first, this is’ the • theme (5).


12- Describing mass-produced '.'clothes prepared by a.girl,


9, This won’t be achieved “ without good spelling (1 1 ).


r


4 Here's the - hedge-plant— \cut round everything (6).


6'A bit of better yeast for .’ the whisky (3).


16 A fool holding fixed finan- cial Advantages (6).


'.-we hear (5-4). 15 ■ S e a t re-ordered after • repertory encores (7). •


18 Row Number ! having half


3, Heaped; 4, Static; 5, Dyne; 6, Setting the; 9, Debentures; 13 Pancreas; 15, Drivel; 16,


mates; 22, Isle. Down—1, Live; 2, Contract;


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Steaks; 18, Pace; 20, Loss. The first correct solution


to last week’s crossword opened on Tuesday morning was sent in by Mrs. E. Shep­ herd, 2, Chapel Street, Slaid-


bum. When you have completed


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name and'address in the space provided and send it to this address marked "Crossword” in the top left -hand corner of the envelope


Advertiser and Times, King Street, Clitheroe.


post next Tuesday morning. No entries will be checked before then and the sender of the first correct solution opened will be awarded a 15s postal order.


Entiles must reach us by first Name Address .... . . -. '


Last weeks solution: ACROSS—5, Dash; 7, In­


Clitheroe Venture ocout yjce costs the Post Ofiffce were able to enjoy quiet such Pimlico Road, and Well Ter-1 Unit went hiking in the £500,000 a year.


I lltemDcrs or


Lake. District over the Eas- ter weekend and success-1 fully took part in the ex­ pedition section of the Ven­ ture Scout Award scheme.


nUc? 19 Reel; 21, Check- ted from Stavely and w^nt via office e x t e n s i o n , f o r for Mr. G. Di Pietro, De Lacy car accessory shop in Duck] p ’


,R'


I Kentmere and Nan Bield Pass Approved Electronics Ltd. street. thdr works in ■


before crossing Beda Fell to clitheroe Town' Council has R oad:............ I Pattea-dale. The last part of I also granted permission.for: the


They continued their joiir-1 T • ney down into Ramsgdil Beck J^ane.


to High Street. 1 Helveilyn I . . . .1 i n . .


and the descent to Wythburn for Mr. -B. Mather." on'Thirlmere.


hike was by


“j Striding the


d & Si your [ and walke^ by H a w « | Ltd.’ dale Valley.


. Vin? TToiwVpsihAflH t r* u r in in « ’ ' 4- r\ u r v H tV i n r n I Edge, —o-. I mum room unit-afr Moorland School . Dugdale' Moorland Crescent. ascent of K f u T3 ^ j f n fU n v U


The second party. D. Mac- back , garden for Mr. A. L.- ■ Conversion of fonner work- M . ^ Donald. T. Hall and F. Holt, cockle. Warwick Drive.


started from Bowness, crossed illuminated • projecting sign'Bridge; .Street for Mr. B. J*, Windermere on. iihe car-ferry, at Brown Street, for • Trutex Scaffali. _j


scanau. : t Private


L am p in 0 ..... , Mr. £ Howarth; Victoria. : - I Proposed internal W.C. f o r


A 6ft tall fence around the. Adams,. Mayfield Avenue, back garden for Mr. E. M. Ber-: .Private 'garage lor Mr. riman. Somerset Avenue.


A V A hm - HighmoorLane.. _ .


; Private- Garage for Mr.; B. and bedroom for Dr.-M. Paiker, > . 1 _____


, aweiuuB r i4 . .A > l a. . -.TtniTfO '. . P. ' Mr. E. L Washbrook lias been


dwelhng forming-new^^ ^n,^ ^ Beverley Drive.... v. '


-


: . Garner, Shireburm Avenue. - refused^^-rpe^ ° " j f° w b S p - Private'garage fm Mr. Eccles. of. use from ..jwnei s wmtohop


Langdale Valley and up Pavey into bathroom for Mr. W. Gil-, room for Mr. . A- W. Wood, ;;The.?cqun^„hM Ark, from -where thev made bert, Pimlico Road.


wemt Valley and finally to part*-of"rear.bedroom. for-Mr. for Mr.-.F.-H. Broom, Salthill..Street, Kesiviek.


the long descent into the Der- ■ Fonnation of bathroom from-


•Rnth 'mrtics covered more Extension-of-living room and - Garden- store. for Mr. D. D.. Deciaons have heen than SO^^les T T carried proposed^ car)porte for -Mr. -R. WiittekqvKemple Viewv enough equipment for the two Jones, -.Moorland- Crescent. -


Simpson. - Hayhurst Street. Road.. -'.


Bound centre -where he had Lancashire -River Authority,1.ate parti of,, rear-bedroomL.for-Mrv ;land ad^tmng-_ . Bound centre.


retiimin" ' from'* a 1 ‘month’s existing ,septSc; tenk:-:.to comply - Mr.iJ^Wallbank. Wballey-Road. -i Laypiri and de pM ^ ^ ^ sfeayT1at1'the -Eskdale Outward with" the • requirements ‘of :the Formation .of Millersdenc, Whalley Road, for K. Ecles. George Streep


toe® ^ i u T to ife B m ^ mpteedTmter chamber- on - Kitcheri ‘bay extenrion forDugdale. f.r5 P .}"* ,a


.1 act jtivities undertaken atking and- rock- • cVmbing. including mcmnta’ " various


strenuous mountaln-


•Mr. D. Blackburn. : Private garage for Mr. -A. Mr. T. Barber, Four Lane.Ends (Clitheroe) Ltd. - ’ . -. to.;■-..agrlcmlt^al,, en^ne«^g


; Thev climbed out of. the conversion of rear bedroom - ‘Additional window to bed- workshop at;Ba^w,D f ged ' Bleasdale; Avenue.


. pemiission'for the erection oi^a °r.®; :^1,ese


______■ has sugested an al^^Vlefemid .


Jnteiml-W.C. lor Mr. K. Gel- ®am “^ ^ u n g . o f three


l afoor -. for-Har - ^ J ^ a t iv e - s t te '


and form- „g Meahley Brook : Newr:kitchen'■ extension .for Road, Tor Jtoor Lane,Mowrs at Salford Bridge wna y


leads with televisionfental 23 Moor Lane, Clitheroe


Tel: 3796


A 6ft rail fence around the "Quinton, Brownlow Street. post at:Roefield,Hotetefor Mrs. refused


.


Dugdale .Moorland Crescent. ■ il uminated: 1 1 ..! Private garage - for Mr. T. a n d -AA f s i g n s


A prefabricated mobile-class- heating: installation.for.- Mr. -E.-West View. -


i . . fftM . n m


-Conservatory and cil-flred house for 1 . . . Illuminate


-displayed on a hanging RAC


shop .into; dwelling at S h aw ^ fP e rm i r a io n ^ - tem r i^ e a , „ ,


rhanee


®ratlte^ f°r a proposed and garage on the ground floor building for existing tyre and street for Mr. J. Cottam. -


Taihrao1


’ Moor Construction Of additional - Formation of bathroom from bedroom above,; existing garage part of rear .-bedroom'-Tor Mrs. • ■ fo r -Mr. K. .Burgess, Hen thorn iveson,: Monk Street. -


~ ‘Extension to existmg ^ivash- PLANNING .


y Aboard- 12 ' copin- 14. One party, consisting of P. Planning permission has W" k;dCl! f4 nU 1 United' 16’ Sanity; 17? Sur-


n ° °Piaf p o s c d replacement of I


I areas 'of natural beauty from mains of a reindeer in a show- the—- ------- - — -............. -


will do much to . improve the truncheon”, “organ and sleep- quality of "r life of urban dwell- preserve


ment as Lancashii-e, and they If*** UV «A*UV4* u u • 4II4 y 4V rW w i i


O JJUllLUiWIUL, UiiU ers and use by the public”. effects of i


cnlties, they feel that a pro- see the fine stalactites and saw a ilerd 0f deer browsing gramme for the establishment stalagmites formed over mil- n0(; jar from the road, 40 cr of parks is of great impor-


In - spite of financial diffl- electric lights enabling us to on leaving Studley Park, we


too intensive .......


I uuiiGt! i\Ji w ic u u y iu v e i i icn b | the county’s environment.


School bus


| non was in coUision with a to -this place a party of boarded our coach for: home | school bus near Mylah Cottage, monks who had seceded from Mr smith was thanked for a Rimington.


was taken to Burn] Hospital on Friday ,u -aiunm 1 fascinating : after his motor-cycle combina- monastic ruin.


in coUision 20-year-old Clitheroe man


, ules nmons -me


Moorland Crescent, was allowed from a wilderness the largest The next ramble will be on home after examination but ail<i wealthiest Cisiercian May 3 to Little Middcp, leaders returned to the hospital on monastery in


The man, David Leach, of I at York came in 1132, and arranged outing.


Saturday for treatment of a '''as created by the tune of shoulder iniurv


I l i v u g o v i t )


I of the children in the bus, I were hurt.


Burnley. Neither he, nor any In emergency


expedition 1- , , mnmherc nf the I


Hodgson, of Albeck Street, | the various parts trying to Ann H. Harle,- of t*10, I capture in our thoughts the Row, Mellor, was


The bus driver was Raymond 0f the abbey at will, visiting \_>i.


. J " fU U V b l t WV1 VLV,


lives of the monks who built aiid ordered to PaY ±,la it and cultivated the lands witness’ expenses by uaui- 1 around it.


The free 999 telephone ser-1 almost to ourselves and so we accident at the junction of j | as the monks would have | race on February 11.


able day for our visit; the sun care and attention, shone, and being a little early She pleaded not gu“ ty- I in the year we had the place I The charge arose out


naa The charge arose » . -- «>•; 1 an | , We had chosen a very suit- week for driving without due eroe Magistrates .,£est5rTiy 1 We wandered amid the ruins


£10 I l l l C "


the Reformation.


st. Mary’s Benedictine abbey ver-y interesting and well .


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tance for the improvement of Some of our party preferred group 0f stags on the other. the open to the underground, We had still one more


lions of years. I views. .Leaving Stumps Cross our 0f millstone grit eroded into


L a rg e s t B


-.1. . ~ t . T T ' / Mi r a f o i n c I »__a 50 hinds on one side and a


1 and they climbed tha moors -to feature to see as wo set out for I High Crag for the remarkable hame_ these were the Brim-


ham rocks on the Brimham moors.


These cover an area of 60. acres. They are massive blocks


, „ .___Li~ .•.*-,,1 4v\ cnFYlA . rfl.QPS I by m9nard.


remaining | cake”, a


case.


“ sandcastle”, * ing


cat" and an 4---------- and prehistoric _ re-1 at y,e main entrance the • concern to


country parkg. is a


large urban ele- county scheme m i9C3. i -Hw


-We movedrrfS- i»riW,<-t®fli-~passage 1 cvimminn- nmund-a. foot or so a


...- ,


bed of calcite to .the the


of < -’-—’’


ma *4*. «n 1 . . r .


showpiece, “twins”, chamber


? _ _ _ 1'a I Ia I


"hawk”, of


-V «Op a s s : “sentinel by


followed pillars,


| 0j of the ponds swimming aro


proposals, opportunity


,Most 0f oport


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; to ;' t to


first1 were t


“policeman's j “cradle”,


th e , heir wartyty ,


j rom the water's easi •ly


Ornithologists


"wedding man}, water birds on the lake to the


a g00^ time watching the ---------- - in the party ----


park; among them were Can- , ada geese, teal, grebe and


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ropes 0f eggs were seen trail- ing ln


long water,


recognisable by skins


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Five of tire schemes have caves in which Geoffrey Work- been


- subject leads to the lower series of


of man created his world record i stay of 105 days underground " I-


Glasson Dock, Lancaster sages. R e co rd h — ....................- | lay brothers with its guest


alf miles of passages, but our hoUSes party were only allowed to see


In all there are three-and-a- 1 -


tory, chapter house, nave, high altar with its 13th century mosaic pavement, the infirm­ ary with its chapel and kite chens, and the infirmary for


ch a X hoise nlve Tilgh -•- •


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our way along the.River Skeli through the parklands to the grounds of Studley park. Here we were able to enioy well laid j out grounds with a great variety of trees, hardwoods, | softwoods and ornamental.


Leaviea ing the abbey we made


Mallard the r


o see tho..toads I edge. They and


party took, the I visit Ab.iie


Umcent building before the w rhe c Ua ium ,vith


stop TOs lnade at ley near-home.- 1 ----- — -


1 ' Another


mti.riliiK led b» Mr A 1) As we strolled : among the these and the ruins at Saw-1


On Sunday 44 Clitheroe, known. .


• The'new'■vicar of St. Nic holas'--Church, Sabdon, the Rev. John , E.: White, was instituted at the church by the Rt. Rev. Dr. C. R.‘ Clax- ton, Bishop of -Blackburn. Ho was Inducted by the Archdeacon of Blackburn the Yen H. N. Hodd, Mr. White’s previous


parish was in Preston, and more than 30 members of his former . congregation, including-the choir came to Sabden- for -the 45-minute


ceremony. Left to right above are Dr.


Claxton, Mr. White, Mr, Guy Piers-le-Gendre, patron, and tho Archdeacon.


Abolished


em telephone has been abol­ ished. the Postmaster General announced. This will now be­ come the standard instrument for all normal new installa­


The £1 charge for the mod­ tions.


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R am b le rs co u ld h a rd ly b e lie v e th e ir e y e s '


Members of, the North East Lancashire Ramblers’


vivor of a number introduced to the area a few years ago by a local resident.


Association visiting new ground in Staffordshire, were surprised to see a wallaby hopping among the boulders ol the Roaches, five miles north of Leek. The wallaby is the sole sur-


Staffordshire) group led the •three rambles, which were extremely well supported, and all covered the best sections of the Roaches from different


Members of the R.A. (North


approaches. The ‘A’ party, which walked


some 13 miles after alighting from the coaches, included the hill-top village-of-Flash, as well as Oliver Hill and Three Shires Head, before climbing to the Roaches to descend at Roach


continue along the whole ridge and to descend by Black.Brook and along a moorland road to a ■ refreshment house on-the Lcek- Buxton road for tea after some eight miles of mixed walking, where all parties re-assembled for the homeward journey. The Roaches cover miles of


irregular millstone grit rock formations with heather and


rough grass bases and are wind-swept with high winds ; throughout the year, which) explains their unusual and exposed shapes. During these rambles several


End at Upper Hulme. The 'B' party followed in -the


footsteps of the ‘A’ party, then through, the valley of Black Brook and along the ridge of the Roaches to descend also in Upper -Hulme after some 10


miles of walking. For the 'C' party, the group


alighted in Upper Hulme and approached the Roaches from


the south. . They climbed to the 900—1,000


feet contour by Dane’s .Mill to


herd of between 20—30 head o f ' deer was also seen, in addi­ tion to the wallaby. ’ .- Weather, too, favoured these


rambles, though on the heights visibility was rather poor and it was just possible to make out the township of Leek only a


Fell and Dutton (Pennine Way) on May 11— R.H.


few miles away. Next excursion is to Cro-s


groups of rock climbers were, seen scaling the heights. A :


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