A 5 mile lonely moorland walk away from it all. Park by the Hargill Bridge on the B6276 Brough to Middleton-in-Teesdale road, and take the track on its east side. Leave it where it goes down to the Hargill Beck for the path along the north bank, poor to non-existent to start, but after 400m or so, after a marker post pointing away from the Beck, it improves. Several spaced posts indicate the way, plus the first cairn on the map. Go left of the next cairn under the stony bank to pick it up again, and it ends northwards rather indistinctly. At Hagworm Hill follow the fence east, a little squelchy, down and up to the post on Bink Moss. Excellent panorama from here. Head on a south-easterly bearing to the track by Green Grain, which is just at the right of the base of the visible, slightly rising ridge of Cock Lake, and follow it home. A luncheon hut halfway down makes a pleasant resting point.
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