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10th August 2013 - Horse Head & Old Cote Moor Top

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 13.0 miles

Total ascent: 2736 ft

OS map used: OL30 - Yorkshire Dales, Northern & Central areas

Time taken: 7 hrs

Route description: Buckden-Dales Way-Hubberholme-Yockenthwaite-Horse Head-Halton Gill-Litton-Old Cote Moor Top-Buckden

After being away for several weeks it felt great to be out again and this walk on what for me was mostly new ground was a great leg stretcher. It was also a bit of shock to be walking in typically cool weather again after a month of hot conditions in July both home and away.

From Buckden I set off by following the Dales Way to Hubberholme and then Yockenthwaite. I then climbed over Horse Head Moor with a visit to the trig point before dropping down into Littondale and the hamlet of Halton Gill. From Halton Gill I then walked down the valley to Litton to then take the bridleway across Old Cote Moor Top back to Buckden.

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Leaving Buckden behind
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By the Dales Way
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I've never seen so many thistles in one spot
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Walking by the River Wharfe
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Wharfedale
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The Norman church of St. Michael and All Angels in Hubberholme
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The George Inn by Hubberholme Bridge
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By the Wharfe heading up Langstrothdale to Yockenthwaite
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Crossing the Wharfe at Yockenthwaite
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and a view of the hamlet of Yockenthwaite
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A view of Langstrothdale and Buckden Pike as I head up Horse Head Moor
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The trig point on the summit of Horse Head Moor
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Looking across to Buckden Pike
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Fountains Fell, Penyghent and Plover Hill
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Penyghent, Plover Hill and Ingleborough
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Ingleborough and Whernside
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To the northwest is Dodd Fell Hill, High Seat above Mallerstang and Great Shunner Fell
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A change of lens enabled me to zoom in on the Lake District fells that were visible to the right of Whernside. Helvellyn is the easiest to recognise.
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Littondale comes into view as I head down
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Approaching the hamlet of Halton Gill
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and the hamlet of Foxup where the road up the valley comes to an end
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Halton Gill from Halton Gill Bridge as I cross the River Skirfare to head down the valley to Litton
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and a view of the River Skirfare from the bridge
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Heading down Littondale
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Looking back to Halton Gill
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Quiet walking
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Not far to go to Litton now
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Littondale as the sun puts in a rare appearance ​
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Litton across a dry riverbed
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A dry River Skirfare. I wonder how often water flows in this stretch of the river?
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Leaving Littondale as I head for Old Cote Moor Top
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Penyghent and Plover Hill on the left from the trig point on the summit of Old Cote Moor Top
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There's a really enjoyable walk to be had by following the ridge down to the southeast
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Buckden Pike
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Great Whernside
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Follow the high ground to the northwest and you'd eventually arrive at the trig point on Horse Head that I visited earlier in the day
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The moors above Malham beyond the wall
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Heading down into Wharfedale..
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..bound for Buckden

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