May
10:30am Start
8 miles (12.9km) undulating
Meet at Tockholes Information Centre car park (Sat Nav: BB3 0PA) ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
Starting from the Information Centre we take a zig zag path up to Darwen Tower. From here we descend steeply to Sunnyhurst Wood - a popular park for the local dog walkers - to then climb once more, to Hawkshaw. We cross over the golf course to eventually reach Weasel Farm and after reaching the main road, we drop down to Tockholes village before joining the Witton Weavers Way and back to the car park.
6 miles (9.7km) mostly on the flat, one or two inclines
Meet at car park behind "The Barlow" Building next door to the cricket club GR 742166 (Sat Nav: BL7 0AP), ready for the usual start time of 10.30am.
Nestling below moors between Darwen & Bolton this is a pleasant stroll around 2 reservoirs Wayoh and Entwistle, starting from the village of Edgworth, at The Barlow Institute (where there are toilets). We enter a field to reach a path overlooking Wayoh where we walk round part of this Reservoir. There is a short steep climb which brings us to Entwistle Station to reach the Strawberry Duck Inn. We continue along a road path for a short distance, up some steps, along a conifer wood to the shoreline of Entwistle Reservoir which we walk round to reach the dam. We then continue through woodland leading back to Wayoh Reservoir.
We cross the dam and make our way back to the village where refreshments can be taken at the Black Bull Pub.