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Correction to Horton Circular and the Quarries walk.

By Hugh Stewart May 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

That is, walk 9 in the Hillwalks book. From the Station in Horton and turning right into Crag Hill Road, the first track left, to “Poppy Cottage”, now has a sign “Private Road, No Footpath” on it. You have three alternatives: go back and carry on the main road towards the Bridge and turn right onto the footpath; carry on Cragg Hill road for a long mile, till the footbridge over the Ribble, where you can join the path; cheat, go down past Poppy Cottage, or join the riverside path later on as you see fit, without causing any damage of course.

By the way, the main café in Horton has been shut for a while now, but word is that it may open within the year (2019). There is a smaller teashop further south, just past the main path to Pen-y-ghent on the left.

Also, the bluebells and indeed the primroses in Oxenber and Wharfe woods, see my post of May last year, are superb at present, 5th May, ie earlier than most years, and wood anemones, although less than in April, are still around in places, and the early purple orchids are there also.

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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