Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Lottery award boost for exciting Pennine Bridleway project


A LOTTERY sports fund award towards the development of the Pennine Bridleway, worth more than £1.8m., will mean good news for walkers, cyclists and horse riders in the Ribble Valley. The cash boost will help ber 'of people, we believe


drive vehicles.


the Countryside Commis- that;the route will become a sion's work in constructing major attraction and, once the 231km southern section opened, give a welcome of the proposed bridleway, boost to the local upland which will run from Der- economy in the process." byshire to the edge of the Work was carried out on Yorkshire Dales National part of the local length of the route, connecting Gis- burn with open moorland below Weets Hill, three


Park, edging Gisburn and the Forest of Bowland, to Long P res ton in North Yorkshire. The to ta l cost of the d . S p M i i . T


years ago.. Lancashire


accessible to many thou­ sands of walkers, bikers and horse riders who live in the area. I t will be a landmark national long-distance route and is expected to be a big draw for people from cities and towns such as Sheffield, Huddersfield and those in


£8.7m. and will be readily ynththeCountosldiOoni- o o r c “ “ r 'o n i J « . ° . £


mission and the South Pen­ nine 'Packhorse Trails T ru s t ; excavated a large section of the upper reaches of Coalpit I.ane, part of an ancient'packhorse trail (pic­ tured). The work was fund­


had failed into disrepair. described as an area badly


eroded by water. Local concern appeared


ed by ,the Countryside improve access, a number of


to be justified, as, immedi­ ately after the work to


*______________________ Commission and Lan- four_wheel drive vehicles and around Greater Man- cashire pounty Council's at tempted the route, along Chester. .


Commented Mrs Liz Local residents and ram- Countryside Planning Umt. wjt h an increase in trail-


Newton.the Countryside bers hadj expressed concern Commission's North-West th a t the work to clear the regional officer; "As well as upper section would result helping to meet the need for in the area becoming more


better access facilities to the accessible to riders of trail countryside for a huge num- motor cycles and four-wheel


bikes. The water course has


reverted to that prior to the 1995 work, resulting in the area now being in a sorry state, as our picture shows.


Prior to that work being ■ ;■■:■


carried out, there was a nat­ ural stream, running down its length, cascading in parts over a bed of stone


and small rocks. The project involved re­


routing the stream to ease access for those on horse­ back and stop, what the research officer for the trails


Band of note will entertain musicians


MEMBERS of Slaidbum Silver Band are looking for­ ward to downing th e ir in s trum en ts for. th e


evening. As part of its centenary


celebrations, the band has arranged a Clitheroe Civic Hall performance by the JJB Sports Leyland Band, the current "Brass in Con­ cert" champions and th e North West area finalists in the National Brass Band Championships, v I t will perform Slaidbum


Silver Band's specially- commissioned "Centenary Festival Overture" when it takes to.,the stage on Sun­ day, November 1st, which means there will be nothing for local musicians to do other, than sit back, listen and enjoy a night off I To join them, tickets for


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Arrested


TWO men were arrested for posession of cannabis in the Black Hill car park, Sab den, on Friday night. They were cautioned


before being released some time later.


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o GASH C R IS IS LUCAS- MITCHELL, ■


j\lis3 Jane Hynette Mitchell chose her 21st birthday as her wedding day at St Mary and All Saints' Church,


'Mrs Keith Mitchell, of Hayhurst Road, Whalley, and the bridegroom, a tyre fitter, is the son of Mr and Mrs T. Lucas, of Manitoba Close, Blackburn.


Given away by her father, the bride wore a cream dupion ] i ,


silk gown, with a Milanese gold bodice and full skirt and a Florentine headdress of gold roses and a short gold trimmed veil. She carried a bouquet of silk flowers. The chief bridesmaid was Miss Kerry Lucas, and the . junior attendants were Miss Jennifer;Fairclough and Miss


Natalie Durrans. Miss Lucas wore a Monet dress of hyacinth, wild silk


and carried bouquets of silk flowers, and the other brides- , maids wore cream, wild silk dresses and carried baskets of


silk flowers. - Best man was Mr Andy Roberts and the groomsmen


• were Mr Simon Mitchell and Mr Andy Fairclough. After the service, conducted by the Rev. C. Sterry, a


reception was held at the Old Stonehouse, Mitton Hall. . The couple, who left for a honeymoon in Yorkshire, are


to live in Blackburn. Photo: D. Wymer, Clitheroe.


Mountaineers find forecast wrong - for


their destination ON Sunday, more than a dozen members of Clitheroe Mountaineer­ ing Club assembled on the council car park at 8 a.m. for a day meet in Langdale. The weather was fore­


cast to be brig ht and sunny in the morning and wet in the afternoon. So, in bright sunny


weather, the party depart­ ed, heading for Stickle Ghyll car park. The ascent to Stickle Tam was made in lovely sunshine, although ice from overnight sharp frost lin­


gered in shaded areas From Stickle Tarn the


party split: Some climbed Jack's Rake to the summit of Pavey Ark, while others took a less steep route. Then the whole p a r ty scrambled on to Harrison Stickle and then the Pike of Stickle. By this time, the day had clouded over a bit, with Bowfell being capped


in clouds. The route on to Stake


Pass and Rossett Pike was wet and boggy in places,


bu t while the traverse of this terrain was under way the weather began to improve again and at Ros­ sett Pike the top of Bowfell was visible with some cloud high above. At the head of R o s se t t


Ghyll the party split again, with some members head- ing downwards into Mickle-


ton and back to the Old Dungeon Ghyll to replenish . lost fluids. The remainder of j the party scrambled up on to Bowfell where extensive views of Morecambe Bay and the whole of Lakeland rewarded their efforts. - The descent of The Band


is never welcoming but the lure of liquid in the Old Dungeon Ghyll kept every­ one moving and the whole | day was completedjin dry weather.


have been wrong, but, much to everyone's surprise, only four miles down the valley the roads were very wet and between Ambleside and Bowness there were many deep pools of floods. For once we had been in just the right place at the right timel T. Mansfield


The forecast seemed to ;


A MAN aged 78 faces four charges of indecently assaulting a teenage girl.


Mjw (78) on charges of indecent assault _


a ^The remand was to allow the defence opportunity to Review the evidence.


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