19th May 2018 - Cosh Knott to Horse Head Moor
Walk Details
Distance walked: 14.3 miles
Total ascent: 2576 ft
OS map used: OL30 - Yorkshire Dales, Northern & Central areas & OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas
Time taken: 7.5 hrs
Route description: Yockenthwaite-Dales Way-Deepdale-Deepdale Bridge-Dales Way-Beckermonds-Eller Carr-Halton Gill-Foxup-Harrop Barns-Cosh House-Cosh Beck Head-Cosh Knott-High Green Field Knott-Eller Carr Moss-Horse Head Moor-Raisgill Farm-Yockenthwaite
The run of weekends with great weather continues and I'm out walking on another spring day that feels like summer. May has been a fabulous month for hill-walking. The route that I'd planned for today took in mostly new ground. Only the bridleway from Horse Head Moor down to Raisgill Farm was familiar and that was from just a couple of weeks ago. I finally visited the trig point on Cosh Knott, which I'd been meaning to do for some time now. The stretch of the Dales Way from Yockenthwaite to Beckermonds was a joy to follow, Langstrothdale is a beautiful dale; and exploring the top of Littondale and the valley of Cosh Beck wasn't too bad either. All the warm and dry weather this month has really dried the ground out and made the moorland part of the walk much easier than it could have been. It was a warm and sunny day with a little fair weather cloud developing by the afternoon and a brisk breeze up on the moors.
From where I parked on the grass verge at Yockenthwaite I crossed the bridge over the Wharfe and followed the trail of the Dales Way west to Deepdale and on to Beckermonds. Here I left the trail behind and took the footpath across the moor and down to Halton Gill, where I stopped for lunch and took refreshments at Katie's Cuppas. I then walked along the road to its end in Foxup and took the footpath past Harrop Barns and into the valley of Cosh Beck to reach Cosh House. Past Cosh House and there's a quadbike track to follow for a while until this peters out and then I just followed Cosh Beck to its source at Cosh Beck Head. I then made my way north by a wall up onto the moor and then west to its end at Cosh Knott and the trig point and pillar there. After a final break here I walked east along the crest of the moor to High Green Field Knott, down to Eller Carr Moss and up onto Horse Head Moor. I was then left with following the bridleway down into Langstrothdale from Horse Head Gate to Raisgill Farm and a walk along the road to where I was parked near Yockenthwaite.
Total ascent: 2576 ft
OS map used: OL30 - Yorkshire Dales, Northern & Central areas & OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas
Time taken: 7.5 hrs
Route description: Yockenthwaite-Dales Way-Deepdale-Deepdale Bridge-Dales Way-Beckermonds-Eller Carr-Halton Gill-Foxup-Harrop Barns-Cosh House-Cosh Beck Head-Cosh Knott-High Green Field Knott-Eller Carr Moss-Horse Head Moor-Raisgill Farm-Yockenthwaite
The run of weekends with great weather continues and I'm out walking on another spring day that feels like summer. May has been a fabulous month for hill-walking. The route that I'd planned for today took in mostly new ground. Only the bridleway from Horse Head Moor down to Raisgill Farm was familiar and that was from just a couple of weeks ago. I finally visited the trig point on Cosh Knott, which I'd been meaning to do for some time now. The stretch of the Dales Way from Yockenthwaite to Beckermonds was a joy to follow, Langstrothdale is a beautiful dale; and exploring the top of Littondale and the valley of Cosh Beck wasn't too bad either. All the warm and dry weather this month has really dried the ground out and made the moorland part of the walk much easier than it could have been. It was a warm and sunny day with a little fair weather cloud developing by the afternoon and a brisk breeze up on the moors.
From where I parked on the grass verge at Yockenthwaite I crossed the bridge over the Wharfe and followed the trail of the Dales Way west to Deepdale and on to Beckermonds. Here I left the trail behind and took the footpath across the moor and down to Halton Gill, where I stopped for lunch and took refreshments at Katie's Cuppas. I then walked along the road to its end in Foxup and took the footpath past Harrop Barns and into the valley of Cosh Beck to reach Cosh House. Past Cosh House and there's a quadbike track to follow for a while until this peters out and then I just followed Cosh Beck to its source at Cosh Beck Head. I then made my way north by a wall up onto the moor and then west to its end at Cosh Knott and the trig point and pillar there. After a final break here I walked east along the crest of the moor to High Green Field Knott, down to Eller Carr Moss and up onto Horse Head Moor. I was then left with following the bridleway down into Langstrothdale from Horse Head Gate to Raisgill Farm and a walk along the road to where I was parked near Yockenthwaite.
Route map
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Low water levels in the Wharfe from where I parked by the roadside at Yockenthwaite
The bridge at Yockenthwaite, which I'll cross to get onto the Dales Way
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Less water in the river than there was a couple of weeks ago
I'll now follow the Dales Way west by the north bank of the Wharfe to Deepdale...
At Deepdale the trail crosses Deepdale Bridge and continues west by the south bank of the Wharfe to Beckermonds. Fantastic scenery on a glorious morning.........
Looking back down on Beckermonds as I take the footpath across the moor to Halton Gill
Higher up and Dodd Fell Hill and Woldside come into view on the other side of Oughtershaw and Langstrothdale
Ingleborough, High Green Field Knott and Whernside as I reach the top of the moor
and again with the valley of Cosh Beck now in view. I'll be walking up that later in the day.
Fountains Fell and Plover Hill across the head of Littondale
The hamlet of Foxup..
..as I make my final descent into Halton Gill
Having taken refreshments at Katie's Cuppas in Halton Gill, it's on to Foxup
Looking back to Foxup as I take the path up into the valley of Cosh Beck
This field full of daisies was begging to have its picture taken
A couple more photos looking back to Foxup and down into Littondale..
The path then passes Harrop Barns
By Cosh Beck as I follow the path to Cosh House..
Looking back as I near the top of the valley of Cosh Beck. Cosh House is by the lone tree.
One of the caves at Cosh Beck Head
Plover Hill beyond the nearby moor as I follow the wall up to High Green Field Knott
Higher up and I can see down Littondale over the top of Blaydike Moss
Penyghent from the trig point on Cosh Knott
Horse Head Moor, Blaydike Moss and Littondale
A hazy Ingleborough and Whernside, and I can see the stone pillar that marks the western end of this moorland ridge
A short time later and I'm there. It's certainly well built.
Dodd Fell Hill just to the left of the pillar
Ingleborough and Whernside on the other side of Ribblesdale
On the unmarked top of High Green Field Knott. Time to follow the moorland crest east to Horse Head Moor.
Looking down Littondale
All the warm and dry weather of recent weeks means this is an easy, pleasant walk with firm ground underfoot and with an improving view down Littondale....
A gentle rise up onto Horse Head Moor
Dodd Fell Hill and Woldside on the other side of a hidden Langstrothdale
Looking back to High Green Field Knott
Approaching the trig point on Horse Head Moor
A hazy Fountains Fell, Penyghent and Plover Hill. I've stayed this side of the wall to take this photo and the one below.
Penyghent, Plover Hill, Ingleborough and High Green Field Knott
On the bridleway down to Langstrothdale..
Late afternoon sun at Yockenthwaite