This starts from the wide pull-off where the coal road up east from Dent Station meets the Bridleway skirting Great Knoutberry Fell on the West and South. You may see a few folk here, but non after Gt Knoutberry Fell. Go on the largely green and very pleasant Bridleway round the Fell, with good views of Garsdale, Rise hill, Dentdale, then Whernside and Ingleborough. After a short descent turn left onto the Arten Gill to Widdale BW, go over a stile on the left by the next wall coming from the Fell. This ascends gently to the summit, for an even better panorama. Follow the instructions for the parent route to Widdale Great and Little Tarns, noting the blog on “follow the instructions”. From the Little Tarn, opposite the causeway, follow the wall heading north on its left side, down to a track past a metal shelter. Rather than going down this all the way to the Coal Road and then back, there is a better way, although pathless for the last few hundred yards, and which not on the OS maps: turn left on the first obvious track and take this, parallel to the road but winding, till you pass through a gate just after you’ve seen your car. Through this head to the road by the best way you can find, its not far, and cross a final non-barbed fence. 5.2 miles and only 800 ft of ascent makes a fine relatively quiet walk with great views all the way.
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