The Lancashire Trig Bagger Challenge Logbook: Hiking & Walking Challenge Featuring 101 Trig Pillars in Lancashire

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From here follow the path (black dotted line on the map not the green right of way which isn’t on the ground) to reach the road. It was the first time he’d climbed it (we’ve done it twice since) and nearly 40 years after I first did. Turton Towers has a long and varied history with many famous occupants including Humphrey Chetham, who founded the famous music school in Manchester.

When I stand at the trig on Ben Cleuch and see the Burnfoot Windfarm close up, I’m in no doubt which is ‘crass’.Bags the trig point, declares he’s won, informs me of the beautiful view and then demands his prize! Fiona Russell is a widely published adventure journalist and blogger, better known as Fiona Outdoors. For many years a key feature of my walking has been to visit Ordnance Survey triangulation pillars, also known as trig pillars. From the road enter the car park on your right and head to the back of it and pick up a Concessionary Footpath. Once you are registered as a member this link will allow you to 'bag' those trigpoints on the major hills of britain.

From here follow the Colne Valley Circular path downhill, where it joins the old Huck Hill Lane and circles between properties to drop you on the road near Marsden station. Followed the footpath through Norbreck farmyard and up a small rise for an easy bag on a gloriously sunny day. If you are continuing straight on to Stage 56 then consider refreshments at the Strawberry Duck pub, which is just around the corner from the railway bridge. Whether for the view or for the challenge, climbing the mountainous peaks in Lancashire is the best way to experience more of this beautiful region.I use the word 'artifacts' as the OS employed more than just pillars, and this list includes FBMs, Concrete Rings and some other types of trig point. Walked over from Galgate via the canal tow path, then Thurnham Churches along to Haresnape's Farm to use the footpath to bag the trig near the pond. Turn right and follow the path for 20m and then turn left down some steps to a road, car park and the Entwistle and Turton reservoir. I've no idea how the phrase entered my vocabulary - probably spending time reading and/or listening to more likely cliché ridden material than is good for me. Thrang Brow is a mountain summit in the Penrith to Lancaster region in the county of Lancashire, England.