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​18th September 2011 - Great Harlow & Bowland Knotts

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 7.5 miles

Total ascent: 1224 ft

OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale

Time taken: 5 hours

Route description: Cross of Greet Bridge-Catlow-Bowland Knotts-Copy Nook-Cold Stone-Great Harlow-Cross of Greet-Cross of Greet Bridge

I parked at the car park at the Cross of Greet Bridge on the Slaidburn to High Bentham road. I then set off on my walk along a footpath beside the River Hodder that goes past Catlow Farm before heading uphill to Bowland Knotts. From Bowland Knotts I then headed west to Great Harlow. From Great Harlow I made my way downhill to the road and I then walked down the road back to the Cross of Greet Bridge.

After the walk I drove a few miles north along the road towards High Bentham to see the "Great Stone of Fourstones". Photos of this are at the end of the walk.

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Looking back to the car park at the Cross of Greet Bridge as I set off
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The craggy outline of Bowland Knotts in the distance
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Catlow Fell
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Walking by the River Hodder with Bloe Greet Breast on White Hill behind
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Kearsden Holes
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Landscape in the valley of the infant River Hodder
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The view across to Pendle Hill and Stocks Reservoir
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White Hill and Catlow Fell
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Arrival on Bowland Knotts
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The view east towards Gisburn Forest
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Penyghent and Fountains Fell in the distance
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Ingleborough under cloud
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The view west along Bowland Knotts
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The view south to Pendle Hill from the trig point on Bowland Knotts
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The view east to Whelp Stone Crag and Gisburn Forest
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Bowland Knotts
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Looking towards a cloud covered Ingleborough
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Bowland Knotts
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Great Harlow from Bowland Knotts
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The cloud lifts from Ingleborough as I head for Great Harlow..
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Cold Stone
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Pendle Hill and Stocks Reservoir in the distance from Cold Stone
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Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent now in view from Cold Stone
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Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent as I head up Great Harlow
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Stocks Reservoir and Pendle Hill
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Bowland Knotts
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Penyghent and Fountains Fell
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Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent from the collection of rocks called Ravens Castle on the OS map
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Penyghent and Fountains Fell from Ravens Castle
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Pendle Hill from Ravens Castle
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Gragareth, Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent from the cairn on Great Harlow
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Penyghent and Fountains Fell
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The view back to Bowland Knotts
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The view west. I think that's Ward's Stone on the left.
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The view towards the Lake District fells
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Calf Top, Gragareth, Whernside and Ingleborough
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I made my way north along a fence to see if I could get a better view. Calf Top, Gragareth, Whernside and Ingleborough.
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The view northwest towards the Lake District fells
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Zooming in
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A glimpse of Morecambe Bay
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At the road between Slaidburn and High Bentham
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The stone that the Cross of Greet formerly stood in
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Road walking. The infant River Hodder is in the valley on the right and has its source at the top of the road.
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The infant River Hodder back at the Cross of Greet bridge
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The Great Stone of Fourstones. A glacial erratic. This huge boulder is in plain view to the west of the road as it heads down towards High Bentham. There is a small layby on the road with a path leading up to it with a couple of information boards near the road explaining the local geology and a bit about the stone. There are a couple of myths I've found out about the stone. One, is that the devil dropped it on his way to build the Devil's Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale and the other is that the Irish giant Finn MacCool flung it across the Irish Sea in a fit of rage.
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Steps leading to the top which I didn't try using. Far too damp and greasy.
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Views of the surrounding countryside and across to Yorkshire's Three Peaks....
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