Winding our way through the village streets we took a kissing gate at a corner up to a cul-de-sac to leave by an enclosed path uphill. Another kissing gate was taken onto a lane which was followed to a stile into a field. Heading up the field to go round a farmhouse we climbed a stile into a field which afforded superb views over the towns of Burnley, Brierfield and Nelson. As the Sun had made an appearance it was decided to stop for lunch.
The Group resumed by heading towards Higher Spen Farm which was negotiated with some difficulty (no arrows can complicate things tremendously at some places) but soon back on track we gained a great view over Spen Brook and its mill at the valley bottom and up to our next target at Newchurch-in-Pendle. It was thus virtually a case of dropping straight downhill to go straight up the other side, past the playing fields and park, to enter St.Mary’s at Newchurch-in-Pendle
via the side entrance.
