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Thread #85676   Message #2778334
Posted By: Steve Shaw
02-Dec-09 - 06:56 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Hunting the witch at Pendle Hill
Subject: RE: Folklore: Hunting the witch at Pendle Hill
Go for a ramble around (or up) Pendle out of season, on a bright clear day with cumulus clouds. Look in at the churchyard at Newchurch (don't miss the eye which wards off evil spirits, in the wall of the church) and have a mosey around Downham. The graveyards are interesting. Go over the "Nick," through Sabden, on to Black Hill and get a great view back to Pendle. It's wonderful in late spring, or in autumn before the rains really set in. It isn't far to the Forest of Bowland on the other side of the Ribble Valley and you could have lunch at The Three Fishes at Mitton (we love it - fabulous food and several local ales of note - I'm not good with names - Bowland Ale is one of them I think). You won't have a better day out anywhere in England. I live in Cornwall but every time I go oop north to see my mum I take her without fail on a drive round Pendle. Last winter we got a great view of Pendle covered in snow, with Clitheroe Castle glinting in the sun in the foreground.