Around Kildwick

I have done this walk before but only once and it must be a long time ago as I could only remember the first part of the walk which was to walk up the road past the old school of 1839.  

From there the walk went up a green snicket into a field and up to where Kildwick Hall is a 17^th century Manor House. Here I turned left and then up through a kissing gate and a path up past an old quarry and onto the main track onto Farnhill Moor 

– here the path continues bearing right through silver birch trees, the ground was muddy and from now on the rest of the walk was not all that familiar to me although there were odd parts here and there that I remembered.  As I reached a stile in the wall from here on a good day you should be able to see Flasby Fell and the hills over Malham.

Through the stile I crossed the field the right behind a small copse ( I remembered this bit) From here I crossed the wood to another stile which took me down across the centre of a field to another small wood and to a gate and a green track.  Here I turned right to a barn and went left past it down to a wall stile.  

From here I went down a muddy track into the hamlet of Kildwick Grange – this access road took me down to a road, from here I crossed the road and through a gate and onto a track all the way to the canal to cross a swing bridge and a straightforward walk along the towpath back to the start.  After going wrong a few times this walk was about 4 ½ miles, but really enjoyed it.  One to do again I think.