West Pennines - ItsgrimupNorth

West Pennines

The West Pennines above Bolton are mixture of moorland, old industrial sites together with the Lord Leverhulme's abandoned gardens at Rivington. It's a great place for a quick walk in a varied landscape, with good photgraphic potential if you are prepared to explore

Crumbling dry-stone walls, below burnt edge
A temperature inversion on 29 December saw Horwich in fog, while the Hills were in clear sun - the tower of Holy Trinity Church is clear of the fog, in the distance is the tower of St Katharine's church in Blackrod
sun rays over Horwich
As the sun dipped it falls below the cloud and lights up Rivington tower. The land ins the foreground is heavily disturbed because of old coal mining and quarrying activity