Farleton Knott

If you approach junction 36 of the M6 from the south, then just as you turn onto the sliproad that leads off the motorway, there is a huge hill looming up on your right. That is Farleton Knott. 

And in all the years I've lived around here, I've never been up it, although I have a run that goes through Clawthorpe up to Hutton Roof that passes the start of the path that leads out to the top of the Knott. 

Today though, we - Abi, Milly, Hannah, Charlie, and I - finally went on a family visit. We parked up near the start of the path that I mentioned above, and that's already pretty high up, so there's very little that's challenging about the walk: undulations rather than hills. 

But it's quite otherworldly; lots of limestone and only the occasional tree, as you can see from today's Blip. 

We had a great time, walking and chatting, and finding our way around the Knott. Finally, after all those years of looking up, I got to look down on the M6!