 OFC Group Relive the walk of 2007:
The Pendle Club 1941  The Pendle Club During the Second World War, AW formed the Pendle Club. I emphasise that although surrounded by certain levels of bravado this association, complete with its own headed notepaper, seemed to be a recruiting ground for individuals of the opposite gender. Whatever its rôle, the club did ascend Pendle at least once (see photograph) and much opportunity was taken to borrow the back rows at the local Civic Hall (cinema) in York Street, Clitheroe—in this instance not for fellwalking! In modern days the Pendle Club still exists, as readers of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times will profess, but nowadays this local club plays bridge! Alfred Wainwright Centenary Dinner and Talk at The Post House, Clitheroe
with outdoor writer Mark Richards
 In Clitheroe Mark Richard’s transition from full-time farmer to full-time outdoor writer has been a gradual one. In 1973, with the direct encouragement of Alfred Wainwright, he wrote his first walking guide to the Cotswold Way. Since then he has indulged his pleasure in exploring rural Britain by creating a range of walking guides. In 1980 he began his three-part guide to the Peak District for Cicerone Press, and in 1987, with Chris Wright, wrote a guide to walking around the former county of Westmorland. This book sowed the seeds of a dream, to be fulfilled some 14 years later, when he and his wife moved to Cumbria. Here he developed a passion for the finest of all walking landscapes, helf within and around this marvellous county.  Memento Now, living in what was once the Barony of Gilsland, Mark is close to Hadrian’s Wall, enabling him to renew a fascination first kindled when he prepared a guide to walking the wall in 1993. Mark kindly offered to give a talk for the OFC—I hope everyone enjoyed the informative talk with its own Wainwright memorabilia on show.
To find out more about Pendle:
(Bibliography) Maps:
Paths Around Pendle available from Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre (see below)
O.S. Landranger 103 Blackburn, Burnley and surrounding area
O.S. Outdoor Leisure Map 41 (Forest Of Bowland and Ribblesdale). 1:25,000 Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre:
12-14 Market Place, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 2DA - England, UK Phone: +44 (0)1200 425566 - Fax: +44 (0)1200 414488
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Books and other information:
Bowland and Pendle Hill—A tourist’s guide, W. R. Mitchell, 1973, Dalesman Books
Bowland & The South Pennines—A Hillwalker’s Companion, J. Gillham, 1990, Grey Stone Books Exploring Pendle with Ron Freethy, R. Freethy, 1984, A Countryside Publication
Mist Over Pendle, R. Neill, 1992, AG Northern Ltd.
Pendleside and Brontë Country Walks for Motorists, G.Banks, 1974, Gerrard Publications.
Walking in Lancashire, M. Welsh, 1996, A Cicerone Guide
Walking in Bowland and Pendle, C. Spiby, 1984, Dalesman Books Alfred Wainwright:
A Ribble Sketch Book, A.Wainwright, 1980, Westmorland Gazette Ltd.
Ex-Fellwanderer, A.Wainwright, 1987, Westmorland Gazette Ltd.
Fellwanderer, A.Wainwright, 1966, Westmorland Gazette Ltd.
Wainwright, The Biography, Hunter Davies, 1995, Michael Joseph
Old Pendle
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