It was a pleasant day today and I felt like a change. A run up into the Dales, and a new walk. This walk starts in Kettlewell, and although I thought I had got there pretty early a lot of the car parks were already full. Eventually found a small space and went and paid my £2 to garage.
Set off past the Racehourse Inn and took the road out of the village. Uphill straight away, why am I not surprised. The direction was as the road went right I should continue straight ahead. Uphill.
This is Top Mere Road, the book says a relatively steep start so stop and admire the view. There was going to be a lot of that. As I kept on up and up I could see Great Whernside to my right. I did that last year and that had left me with a sense of achievement – I could see the Hag Dyke Scout building on the hillside.
Eventually I came to a signpost at the top, the book said there was a cairn but this has since been replaced with the signpost. I asked a couple who were coming up behind me and they confirmed I was on the right track and should bear left and take the path that was turning back on itself slightly. The summit it 1706ft 520 mts so not as high as Great Whernside, but still a stiff climb.
The green path goes along level for a short way and then begins the slope back down. I joined the road back down – this is called Starbottom Cam Road. It’s a horrid road, all rolling stones and pebbles, like the one down from Buckden Pike. As I kept walking down I looked across and could see the similar road which runs down from the Pike. Eventually coming into back lane at Starbottom.
To return to Kettlewell from here I turned left along the road and then took a footpath down to the river, crossing it and taking the Dalesway path all along the valley bottom which then brought me back into Kettlewell.
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