Monday, 3rd January 2011

 

Walk: Clapham, Trow Gill, Little Ingleborough, Ingleborough, Sulber, Norber
Start Point: Clapham, riverside Grid Ref: SD 745 691
Distance: 12 miles Ascent: 2,300 feet
Weather: Dry but cold
Accompanied by:

On my own

Comments: With poor weather restricting walking over Christmas I was anxious to get a bit of climbing under the belt and Ingleborough provided just that. After a brisk walk up Trow Gill and on to the summit, the shelter was just the spot for a late morning coffee. Not the weather to dawdle, I was soon on my way to Sulber where I stopped for lunch. From here I headed to Norber instead of going directly to Clapham (a section for a future walk needed to be reccied). After wandering through the rocks known as The Norber Erratics it was an easy stretch along the bridleway back to Clapham.

 

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Clapham Beck waterfall

 

Walking through Ingleborough Estate Nature Reserve, The Grotto was built to provide shelter for anyone wishing to admire the limestone scars opposite . . .

 

 and to provide employment in a time of recession in the early 19th century

 

The route passes the show cave , , ,

 

and crosses Beck Head Bridge

 

Heading up Trow Gill . . .

 

an 'Ice Waterfall' adorns one side . . .

 

and an 'Ice Grotto' plays its part on the opposite side

 

The narrow gully signals the top of the gill

 

Little Ingleborough in the foreground with Ingleborough behind . . .

 

and looking back down from Little Ingleborough

 

It's pretty quiet on the summit today

 

Great Whernside . . .

 

and Ribble Head viaduct

 

The path down the east side . . .

 

has one or two obstacles to navigate

 

Looking back to Ingleborough from Simon Breast Fell

 

'Twin' stiles

 

Pen-y-Ghent with Fountains Fell to the right

 

An 'ice shelf'

 

A lone tree graces the limestone pavement

 

The crossroads is an ideal place for lunch overlooking Pen-y-Ghent . . .

 

and the sign post ensures I head off in the right direction

 

Moughton Scars . . .

 

with their vast limestone pavement

 

Pen-y-Ghent enjoys a spot of sun

 

One of the Norber erratics . . .

 

and is this 'the pig's head'?

 

A cantilevered rock points the way back

 

Robin Proctor Scars with Norber to the right

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