I have recently started a new job in Blackburn, and I live in Tottington. From my office window I can see Darwen Tower, and it makes me wanna just race up to it on my bike – my question is, to anyone with local knowledge – would it be possible to ride home from the tower in Darwen over the moors towards Turton, Edgeworth etc? and im talking decent trails, bridleways, tracks rather than full on swamp crossings, although I don’t mind a little bit of that to be honest. Ta.

Aye lad.

Search for the 4 towers route, part of that goes from darwen to peel tower.

nice one wors!

If you need more info drop me a line. Address in profile.

i do need more info. cant find much on the ‘4 towers’ or your email Mr Sparkle.

Darewn by lowey.com, on Flickr

Look for the signs for the Witton Weavers Way from Darwen Tower. You can’t go wrong. Some great stuff too!!

What Lowey has been too polite to mention is that that’s all his land. I think you can take the map he’s sent as a tacit approval that he’ll let you use it. Myself and his Lordship there will be riding some of that route this evening

I thought Lord Lowes land stopped at the Belmont Road.

or is he making hostile takeovers from the Blackburn end as well.

typical, you get these aristocratic country gentlemen and they think they own the entire bloody country 😆

champion! ill defo have me some of that one evening soon!

Watch out for the beer barrels in the middle of fookin nowhere on the moor.

IMAG0369 by lowey.com, on Flickr

And yes… they are right. Get off my land.

Who’s land?? ;0) And I will be inspecting the perimeters this evening too.

Btw, lowey – I’m having me Real Ale Wobble on Friday 3rd June if you fancy a trip over.

jaffejoffer – have edited Profile to add email addy.

A lot of the trails up Darwen Moor are marked as thus:

Heres what said ‘footpath’ looks like…

(Narrow ribbon of trail, isn’t it…… 😀 )

The sign comes in useful though 😉

Sorry Simon, in Coniston on our lads long biking / drinking weekend from Thursday onwards! 3 days riding and a barrel of Bank Top at the tent!

I will make one of these one day.