Thursday, 13th August 2009

 

Walk: Low Bentham, Oakhead Bank, Great Stone of Fourstone, Burbles Gill, Ridding Lane, St Margaret's Church, River Wenning
Start Point: Opposite Punch Bowl Inn Grid Ref: SD 646 693
Distance: 8 miles Ascent: 900 feet
Weather: Mainly sunny with some cloud
Accompanied by:

On my own

Comments: Having taken this walk from 'Curious Lancashire Walks' by Graham Dugdale, I found a couple of mistakes where he had put 'left' instead of 'right'. I parked opposite The Punch Bowl Inn as there wasn't a grass verge where he had indicated. The route wasn't an easy one to follow but provided good navigation practice and a wide variety of terrain. It was a very enjoyable walk on a sunny day.

 

Scroll down to see photos of the walk

Can we come too?

 

Approaching the Great Stone of Fourstone . . .

 

a metre high relic of the Ice Age deposited by the receding ice sheet

 

Ingleborough from the top of the stone . . .

 

which has many names carved on it

 

With no-one around I had to use the timer on the camera . . .

 

but didn't set it for long enough to get to the top - where I had my elevenses

 

Leaving this remarkable monolith . . .

 

there are great views to Pen-y-Ghent . . .

 

Ingleborough . . .

 

Whernside . . .

 

and Gragareth

 

Bridge over the . . .

 

River Wenning . . .

 

followed by a tunnel under the railway line . . .

 

where a train passes just on time

 

St Margaret's Church at High Bentham . . .

 

provided a great spot for lunch

 

Waterfalls on the River Wenning . . .

 

and further downriver a weir . . .

 

provides a good spot for ducks to browse in the water

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