15th December 2014 - Nicky Nook
Walk Details
Distance walked: 3.8 miles
Total ascent: 785 ft
OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale
Time taken: 3 hrs
Route description: Scorton-Tithe Barn Lane-Higher Lane-Grize Dale-Nicky Nook-Snowhill Lane-Scorton
Just a short walk on a fine afternoon today. Nicky Nook is a small hill with great views. I managed to dodge the showers and with a strong breeze in off the sea it was a bit bracing.
From Scorton I walked up Tithe Barn Lane then turned right onto Higher Lane to reach the bridleway up Grize Dale. After following the bridleway up the valley I took the path opposite Grizedale Reservoir up the fell to reach the summit of Nicky Nook. My route back to Scorton was down the other side of the fell past The Tarn and then down Snowhill Lane.
Total ascent: 785 ft
OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale
Time taken: 3 hrs
Route description: Scorton-Tithe Barn Lane-Higher Lane-Grize Dale-Nicky Nook-Snowhill Lane-Scorton
Just a short walk on a fine afternoon today. Nicky Nook is a small hill with great views. I managed to dodge the showers and with a strong breeze in off the sea it was a bit bracing.
From Scorton I walked up Tithe Barn Lane then turned right onto Higher Lane to reach the bridleway up Grize Dale. After following the bridleway up the valley I took the path opposite Grizedale Reservoir up the fell to reach the summit of Nicky Nook. My route back to Scorton was down the other side of the fell past The Tarn and then down Snowhill Lane.
Route map
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Heading up Grize Dale after walking up the road out of Scorton
The sunlit slopes of Nicky Nook above
Grizedale Reservoir below as I head up the fell
The trig point on the summit of Nicky Nook
Views from the top. Looking out west to the coast around the Lune estuary.
Heysham and Morecambe Bay to the northwest past The Tarn
Clougha Pike, Grit Fell, Ward's Stone and Wyresdale
Harrisend Fell, Stake House Fell and Oakenclough Fell
Oakenclough Fell, Grizedale Lea Reservoir and the Barnacre Reservoirs
Looking back to the summit as I head down
Murky skies on the Fylde coast
Off the fell and there's a walk down the road back to Scorton
Back in Scorton