This was a short 2.5 mile 'loosener' walk after the main event in Horton, done with Lynda and Trevor who was visiting us in Dent for a couple of days. We started at Garsdale Station where we stopped for photos and admired the scenery around us. The picturesque station has a small visitors centre with a number of old photos showing the building of the railway, the station and characters involved. It is not quite as high up as Dent but has the same feel of remoteness even though Leeds station is only 80 minutes away!
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| Trevor & Lynda (smiling) |
We left the station and crossed onto the moor, following a vague track across a stream and onto a derelict (?) farmhouse at High Scale. We then dropped down to the main road at Low Scale (!). We went through the farmyard pausing to admire the abandoned caravan and started uphill towards the row of cottages at Knudmanings where we chatted with a resident who advised us of the path ahead.
We followed the road, crossing cattle grids and eventually met the main road again, towards the station. After the rigours of this epic walk, we repaired to the Moorcock Inn where we enjoyed pints of Copper Dragon beer.
Moorcock Inn, Garsdale
Copper Dragon Brewery
An OS view walk is below, courtesy of QUO digital mapping/OS
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