Under cloudless sky for a pleasant trot up the side of Langden Beck to rise before Langden Castle where we chose (badly) to cross the fence on a stile and make a bee-line for the ridge. This was an error because the ground and the vegetation are so bad but it did give us good views of Holdron Castle.
Once on the ridge at Holdron Moss the keen wind and waterlogged ground persuaded us to head for
Top Of Blaze Moss rather than
Hawthornthwaite Head. Descending to the Trough of Bowland Road directly into the Northwester convinced us that "enough is enough" and
Whins Brow would still be there when we come back another day.
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Above Langden Castle |
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Holdron Castle |