Kitchen Garden Forum

I woke early this morning and it was so glorious I decided to go up our highest point in the area, Pendle Hill.

I left at 7.15 and was up on top at 7.50am it was fabulous. I spent ages just sitting in the peace and quiet listening to the skylarks.

Now I feel like I can get on with some work at home having done something energetic and peaceful.

One thing though I dont understand why people walk up on a Sunday with their families and dont bring their rubbish back down with them. The amount of toffee wrappings and drinks cartons and the like I saw was awful. I did not have a bag with me so I could not collect the rubbish so I put it under rocks but it was really rather bad.

Hi Catherine. You are very lucky to live in such a beautiful area. I nearly bought a house in Pendleton (I think that's what it was called, I have a very bad memory). It was next to a pub called The Swan with Two Necks. Do you know it?

Yes Sarah I do know it. It is in the valley on the other side of Pendle Hill to me. And yes we are very lucky to live round here. But it is like anything else you sometimes take it for granted and when we go to the Cotswolds or Herefordshire on holiday we say oh wouldn't it be nice to live round here. The we get home and realise our countryside is just as nice. Why didn't you move here. We love the Cotswolds and just realised that is where you are from. What part are you in.

My favourite photo of my Mum and Aunty Mabel has Pendle Hill in the background covered with snow. They were both born and brought up in Colne, and my grandfather lived there all his life. Nice view.

I live in a small village near Cirencester, and it is beautiful. My husband is from Derbyshire, and I'm from North Yorkshire, and we both miss real hills. It's very 'pretty' around here, if you know what I mean!

When we lived in Lancashire, we bought a house in a village near Kirkham instead of Pendleton, as it was more practical for work. We moved to the Cotswolds for work too and have been here for about 10 years now. The whole family is settled, so I don't think we'll be moving back 'up North' any time soon.

I nearly always holiday in the Southwest, East or West of the country, i think it's probably time i ventured up North a little.
Seems like i'm missing out on something, and that will never do.

Was that the Firebolt or the Nimbus 2000?

We can see Pendle Hill from our allotment and our house (in North Yorkshire), albeit 12 miles away. There is a local saying: when you can't see Pendle, it's raining, when you CAN see it, it's going to rain. Usually works, too.
Our local high spot is Embsay Crag from where one can see further still and, if you go up on a still summer's morning, the valleys below are often in mist whereas you are sitting in bright sunlight and complete silence except for the moorland birdlife. Gorgeous.

Hi Monika We have walked up Embsay Crag on a few occasions and yes it is a lovely walk. Less people than Pendle Hill.

Never been up Embsay Crag but been up Pendle, we live on Humphrey Head, we only get problems on Bank Holidays, too many people no parking etc etc but the rest of the time it is good, we can see the Howgills to the North Ingleborough to the East and the fells to the North and Heysham and Blacpool tower to the South, I am too having to walk local as petrol is such a price and we have quite a drive for it too

Hi Gilly C. We have camped at Cartmel for many years and visited Humphrey Head lots of times. Where exactly do you live. How lucky are you to live in such a beautiful area.

On the head at the outdoor centre , yes we are lucky to be here for a while, I shall miss it when we move but then all good things come to an end

Gosh Gilly what do you mean all good things come to an end. Where are you off to? Hope its somewhere as nice as where you are now.

We are still here but the house goes with the job so we have just over another 4 years yet if there are no drastic cuts in Outdoor education budget for North Yorkshire that is I suppose we hope to retire to France though we have a house in Harrogate