Members: Dave Wylie, Lorna Marsland, Linda Crossley, Alan (L) Jones, Bob Haynes, Keith Williams, Alan Peck, Sue Brook, John Dobson, Alan(H) Jones, Christine Jones, Margaret and Frank Williams, Iain McCallum, Lester Payne,

Guests: Rebecca Hunter, Alan's two dogs.

When I heard the weather forecast and it said fog, I wondered how many walkers I would lose. On arrival at the car park, it was clear and a little chilly and I thought we might have a good day. The walk set off at a brisk pace and after half an hour the group was down to six, some comments were made about having the coffee break at the lunch stop. We arrived at Solomon's Temple at 11.00 and had our planned stop, the sun was now shining and the sky was blue as far as you could see and it was now shirtsleeve order. It was hard to imagine that it was only four weeks to Christmas, the lunch stop was taken at White Coppice, sitting on the grass it was just like summer, indeed Frank thought it was, as his eye's started to close and head nodding. Our route continued up Black Dean Brook keeping to the rocks for a short distance, and then on to Great Hill with some great views, and two Micro-Lights that passed by, in the distance we spotted a hot air balloon, it was just like summers day. On the way to the car park Iain suggested that we extend the walk and carry on to Darwen Tower, and at 16.00 we finished our coffee still in shirtsleeves then carried on back to the car park. The day finished in the Royal Arms with rather good pint of Felix bitter.