Aiggin Stone - Is a guide stone marking the summit of an ancient road. Blackstone Edge, Lancashire
From the Aiggin Stone onwards for three miles, the Pennine Way crosses into Lancashire (this is its first and only time) after this the Pennine Way crosses back into West Yorkshire.
Day 3 - Standedge to Hebden Bridge (15 miles)...lovely sunny weather, crossing the M62 and a rather imposing monument April 29th 2008 Tuesday 29 April - After a hug, kiss and goodbye to the very sweet lady at our B&B, we caught the bus back to where we left the Pennine Way the previous evening at Standedge, and with at last some fine weather set off into the hills again. We had a bit of a scare as we realised we didn't have our main camera...but it turned out it had been transported with our luggage so all was well. Fortunate ... read more
Europe » United Kingdom » England » West Yorkshire Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more
We are Lavinia and Steve Burch. In May of 2008, we set out on a highly daunting 429km (268 miles) hike along the Pennine Way, the oldest and second longest national trail in Great Britain, to raise money for the charity - The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust (www.ectopic.org.uk/fundraising/?p=46), starting on Sunday 27 April 2008, after Lavinia very sadly nearly lost her life to an ectopic pregnancy in July 2007. The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust was established in 1998, in memory of Sophie Winter, who sadly lost her life due to a misdiagnosis of her ectopic pregnancy. The charity seeks to raise awareness of... full info