Which Way Is Darwen Tower?

It's now some time since FSS, Mat and I got lost on the way back from Darwen Tower, so I suppose it was about time something similar went wrong again.

Only this time it was on the way there. I was demonstrating my knowledge (!) of a slight variation on our standard approach where we go off road to the right for a short while on a loop south eastish (I only ever do 'ish') of Hollinshead Hall. The variation was not to return to the road but to keep parallel to it and then hit the track which takes you up on to the main ridge (Catherine's Edge, or a continuation of it?).

Unfortunately we went a bit high to avoid a couple of gullies and ended up having to cross a couple of barbed wire fences and approached the gate at the top sort of sideways. JtE wasn't impressed! Serves me right for showing off.

Obviously the lesson to be learned is that when we're without our cleverer companions we should stick to routes we know really well; perhaps we should just stay on the road.

EtU