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26. A two day trip to Sedbergh, The Howgill Fells and Dentdale: Part 2a - A great walk over the Howgills - Sedbergh to Cautley Spout THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST WALKS WE HAVE EVER DONE in the Yorkshire Dales National Park of North Yorkshire/East Cumbria AND IT IS QUITE SUPERB, full of varied-dramatic-scenic grandeur. This is a 9-10 mile walk, allow 6 hours and I hope these pictures at least partially justify the above statement and illustrate the route described in (1) David Leather - Collins Rambler's Guides - "Yorkshire Dales" Walk 21 "Cautley Spout and the Calf". See also (2) "Walk 1 The Calf", "Walk 22 Yarlside", "Walk 23 Cautley Crag and Spout" and "Walk 24 Cautley Spout & Upper Rawthey" in Paul Hannon's "Walking Country - Howgill Fells", (3) Section 3 "The Howgill Fells" in Terry Marsh "The Pennine Mountains - ...the Howgill Fells ... " and (4) there is also an excellent cheap one sheet guide to the "Sedbergh Howgills" by Arthur Gemmell in the Stile Maps series. There is enough information on these two pages to plan the route by using the Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure 19 Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley
You leave the information centre in Sedbergh (see page 25) north-west to Underbank, looking east near Sedbergh is Baugh Fell ...
... and west, on your left, are the lovely Howgill Fells, over which you will return!, but much before that, including some fine old buildings like Stone Hall and Hollin Hill farmhouse.
Stone Hall has Westmorland style chimneys, an unusual three-storied porch and dates from around 1595.
The fine old building of Hollin Hill Farm has E B 1712 over porch and it looks well after nearly 300 hundred years! (EB stands for Edmund Bland, the 1st owner)
. After Hollin Hill you go through Ellerthwaite, Thursgill and onto Fawcett Bank (above).
After Fawcett Bank you basically north to Cautley Beck with excellent views on either side of the path.
All the way the views are lovely of rolling hills and fields ...
... and eventually Yarlside (picture centre) comes into view before reaching Cautley Beck.
The great mass and slopes of Yarlside.
Across on the right is the white back of the Cross Keys Temperance Inn, but no time for tea!, as we cross Cautley Holme Beck and turn left-west and head up to Cautley Spout (centre-above right picture) ...
... Cautley Spout waterfalls ahead with grand views back down to the white speck of Cross Keys and Cautley Beck.
Its a steep climb up to the right of the waterfalls of Cautley Spout ... but most of the way up is 'paved' with blocks of stone, but there are great views back down the valley and across to Yarlside when you reach the top of the waterfalls!
* The Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire and East Cumbria and the North Pennines form a wonderful part of Northern England to visit for walking or car touring holidays. The scenery is magnificent and the countryside, villages and towns rarely seem overcrowded and the people always friendly. There is lots to see and do and plenty of accommodation available from hostels, hotels, bed and breakfast, holiday cottages etc. whether for weeks or a weekend mini-break when holidaying in Sedbergh, Cumbria. * page updated Oct 27th 2007 * EMAIL Phil Brown * Images-photographs-pictures-photos-webshots of walking in the Howgills-Howgill Fells-Under Bank-Stone Hall-Hollin Hill farm-Ellerthwaite-Thursgill-Fawcett Bank-Cautley Spout © Dr W P Brown * |
