A group photo in the car park at Barley before we set off for the walk. From left to right we have Lindsay, Brian, Kevin, Tim dog, Jenny, Sheena, hang on where's Dave???

Our first view of Pendle Hill after leaving the village, is that really the path we are going up I was asking myself?

The closer we got the steeper the path looked!

Some recent footpath repairs near to Ing Head Farm

The path didn't look that steep from the bottom though!

Well Kevin and Sheena didn't seem to think so by the look on their faces?

Looking back towards Barley from Pendle House

The Black Moss reservoirs from part way up the climb

Almost at the top of the steepest part! of the climb

It was here that the mist decided to descend

So that last few hundred metres to the summit of Pendle Hill was through thick mist

A summit group shot, which includes Dave this time, he's to the left of Sheena

As we headed away from the summit the mist started to lift, typical!

What a look of surprise on my face, it's Richard from the OFC, fancy meeting him here? He lives fairly local to Pendle Hill near to Burnley, and decided to have a local wander rather than head to the Lakes, you can see where he walked here ...

Looking NW over the Forest of Bowland towards the Lake District, not sure you can actually see the mountains from here though?

Some of the local inhabitants for Pendle Hill, they looked like sheep to me rather than witches!

This large cairn had many plaques about the local scouts, so I'm assuming they had built it in the past?

Zooming in on a distant Ingleborough

This one is looking back to the summit of Pendle Hill from near to the cairn

Hmm, I've never seen a floating wall before, they must use special lightweight stones for this?

Heading down Mearley Moor

At the bottom of the descent Jenny realised she didn't have the map in her coat pocket. This caused a wee bit of concern as it was the only one we had, it eventually turned up later on in Kevin's rucksack!

Looking back up at the steep descent down Mearley Moor

The Pendle Ski Club at the Nick of Pendle

Looking back down onto the ski area as we started the climb back over the moors towards Barley

Heading down into Ogden Clough

It was steep and muddy in places especially the last bit down to cross the stream to join the Pendle Way

Sheena crossing the stream, I think Tim was trying to put her off though!

The Upper Ogden Reservoir, which was looking pretty full

The dam and overflows at Upper Ogden

Lindsay telling Brian, Dave and Sheena about how to get the perfect fit on your bush hat!

The Lower Ogden reservoir was looking much lower then the upper one

It didn't look like this overflow had seen much water for several months!

Finally back at the car park after a long but very enjoyable first visit to Pendle Hill