Lambs Lambs and more Lambs

This weekend saw us on another outing to Anglezarke. We had planned to go further afield but we had camped out in the garden the night before (like you do) to test some borrowed kit in preparation for a trip to the Lakes. I have vowed to try wild camping this year but may have a few test runs on small sites first and trials in the garden! We are used to Glamping in recent years so not having electric and other luxuries while under canvas will take some getting used to.

We headed up towards Yarrow Reservoir and speaking of wild camping we found ourselves behind some girl scouts with backpacks on as big as them. They appeared to be heading off to camp somewhere and hats off to them as it looked like more rain was in store!

Yarrow Reservoir overlooked by Rivington Pike and Winter Hill

As we crossed over the fields we could see lots of lambs and some looked less than a day old so we kept the dog on a tight lead. Some of them were braver than their mothers venturing up quite close to us even with the dog in tow.

We looked for a few Geocaches along the way and one in particular near an old farm ruin had us stumped. We will have to come back another day to try and find it. The views around we're impressive and hard to think we weren't that far from home.

A couple of shots edited with Rays app. Heavenly!

As we came onto Deans Lane we heard a young lamb bleating away in the field next to an old barn. It didnt look much more than a day old and was very unsteady on its feet when we witnessed an adult sheep with a slightly older lamb next to it begin head butting and kicking this younger lamb out of the way. It continued to do this much to Joanne's distress. I suspect the young lamb had lost its mother and was confused but the other sheep wasn't having anything of it. Joanne was after me jumping the fence to take it home but I thought better of it. I just hope the farmer on his rounds was able to intervene!

The barn I referred to is what's left of Morris's farm I think. Legend has it that about 200 years ago one of the Morris children had been rebuked for doing wrong. He was a simple child and hid in the barn and remained hidden for so long he starved to death in the building. The barn is owned by United Utilities and is currently boarded up. Other barns have been converted but this hasn't been, perhaps the story has put people off.

Spooky Barn

Sun and Shadows over towards Standing Stones Hill

We made our way back down the lane with Joanne still stressing over the lamb saga bless! I hope it was ok in the end. We won't be having Lamb for a while I imagine

All the photos have been taken and edited on the iPhone. Happy viewing!




 

Anglezarke

Here are some iPhone shots taken on a short walk around Anglezarke Reservoir in Chorley. This reservoir is the largest in Rivington and built in the 1850s to supply water to Liverpool originally but now feeds Wigan.

We set off late afternoon and luckily managed to park on Knowsley Lane. The route around the lake is about 4.5 miles in length and was quieter than expected considering it was a bank holiday weekend. Below is a shot of the route from the Viewranger app.

From the west side of the reservoir you can see over towards Rivington Pike and Winter Hill.

 

The photos were taken with the Bracket Mode App theme edited with TrueHDR, Snapseed and Filterstorm.

 

Below is an edit using the Dramatic Black and White App

The walk takes you through a wooded area where we saw the first Bluebells of the year.

The reservoir is very low and you could walk along the waters edge. The hosepipe ban will be here soon looking at this.

I have been informed that Richard Skeltons album "Landings" is about Anglezarke.

Read full review of Landings - RICHARD SKELTON on Boomkat.com ©

Have a listen and enjoy the pics!

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