Walkers of the world unite! The last Clarion House, a radical rest for ramblers and cyclists

Clarion House, a favourite spot for a rest for walkers and cyclists, has superb views down to Blacko Hill. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

You can clearly see Clarion House from high up on the ridge between Barrowford and Roughlee. Not only because it stands alone on a green slope, nor because it is handsome and proud, though it absolutely is. No, you can see it because of the red – bright, beautiful, luscious scarlet, the glowing red of the Red Flag, the Independent Labour Party (ILP) logo, the Lancashire rose and the clenched fist of International Socialism.