{"id":1474,"date":"2018-04-21T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2018-04-21T07:31:51","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T21:31:51","slug":"day-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/day-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 45"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: <\/strong>Kelbrook to Long Preston
\nDistance:\u00a0<\/strong>11m \/ 17.7km
\nCumulated distance: <\/strong>599m \/ 964km
\nPercentage completed: <\/strong>58.2<\/p>\n

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‘Come midday, sun’ll come out and it’ll be scorchin’ hot’. Well, the man in the pub was right. For the first couple of hours it was very misty and really quite cool .. not a bad thing for my friend with the blushing pink legs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I suspect today’s post will have to be a little on the short side. The wifi doesn’t extend to the bedroom and now that I’m eventually connected in the pub’s bar, the speed is positively glacial. Besides, I’ve just been told that tonight is quiz night here in The Boar’s Head .. and judging by the number of punters arriving, concentrating down here will be a tad difficult. And anyway, my family will tell you I’m rather partial to a pub quiz.<\/p>\n

To avoid heading south on the PBW, Liz and I followed a combination of lanes, tracks, towpaths and footpaths at first. The mist hung low but it was clear that it would burn off later in the day. The first lane was called Salterforth .. which we thought should really be renamed Saunterforth. There were sheep galore and a local farmer told us that the less than beautiful sheep we’d come across yesterday, were Texels. ‘Heavily muscled and known for their lean meat’, says Mr Google.<\/p>\n

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Still misty ..<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mist starting to lift ..<\/p><\/div>\n

We skirted round the industrial town of\u00a0Barnoldswick to join the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Bit of trivia for you .. Barnoldswick has one of the longest names in UK with no repeat letters. It also had the longest ever strike in trade union history .. two years at Silentnight Beds. And if I haven\u2019t lost your attention yet, the Rolls Royce jet engines starting with the initials RB, such as the RB199, were made in Barnoldswick, where the company remains the biggest employer in the town.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along the way, there were many farm gates to negotiate. It has amazed me just how many different styles of gate and stile I’ve encountered on this journey from Land’s End. But I don’t think I’ve broken any as yet .. unlike my walking companion today. Too much porridge for breakfast. (Don’t worry, gentle reader .. she’s a whizz at mending things).<\/p>\n

Talking of the variety of ways of getting from one field to another .. look at this for hotch-potch of boundary dividers. Metal gate, to stone wall, to boulder, to wire fence. Ingenious.<\/p>\n

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Inventive use of a boulder<\/p><\/div>\n

Along the canal we were pleasantly surprised to come across the tiny Lock Stop Cafe. Stocked with delicious cakes and a coffee machine we indulged ourselves and then with the crumbs, the very friendly little robins. It was a bit of a birdy day, as it happens. After leaving the sweet little redbreasts, Liz was astonished to see emus and later on in the day after she’d left me, I saw turkeys, grey herons and swans.<\/p>\n

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Welcome cafe<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dear little robins<\/p><\/div>\n

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Liz taken with the emus<\/p><\/div>\n

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Christmas survivor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bracewell with blue skies<\/p><\/div>\n

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Handsome house through the trees<\/p><\/div>\n

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River Ribble<\/p><\/div>\n

After I’d said a fond farewell to Liz, hoping it wouldn’t be 10 years before we met again, I rejoined the Bridleway and walked for a short while along side the River Ribble. Under the azure sky it looked particularly spectacular today. Apparently it’s terrific for fishing .. salmon and eels and gets as wide as the Thames at its widest.<\/p>\n

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Ribble from the other side of the bridge<\/p><\/div>\n

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Moorland close to Paythorne, walking along the Pennine Bridleway<\/p><\/div>\n

And that, gentle reader, is as much as I can write tonight .. it’s taken probably three times as long to post this, as it took me to do the walk today. It seems OpenReach hasn’t made it to Long Preston as yet. It’s time for bed!<\/p>\n

Black Dog Tails<\/strong>
\nRest homes in NZ have canine friends who come into visit their guests. This is Barney, a very friendly pooch by all accounts.<\/p>\n

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