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1st January 2013 - Stoodley Pike

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 7.5 miles

Total ascent: 976 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 4 hrs

Route description: Lumbutts-Pennine Bridleway-Basin Stone-Gaddings Dam-Pennine Way-Stoodley Pike-Pennine Way-Pennine Bridleway-Lumbutts

The first walk of the year and a nice way to start. It was windy but it stayed mostly dry with just a few light showers passing through and there was even a little sunshine to be had.

From the village of Lumbutts where I parked my car by the side of the road I walked up the road to the Shepherd's Rest Inn where the Pennine Bridleway leaves the road. As the path heads round a corner I turned to head uphill for Gaddings Dam, passing the Basin Stone on the way. From Gaddings Dam I followed a path to join the Pennine Way, which took me to Stoodley Pike. I then used the Pennine Way and Bridleway to take me back to Lumbutts.

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I've just walked through the village of Lumbutts, where I parked by the side of the road at its other end
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The first view down into Calderdale and Todmorden
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Looking back from the Pennine Bridleway with the Stoodley Pike monument in the distance
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I'm about to leave the Pennine Bridleway and head up onto the moor. Looking south down the Summit gorge.
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The village of Walsden in the valley below with Ramsden Wood behind
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The valley opposite carries the road over the moors to Rossendale
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The Basin Stone. So called because of the depression in the top that holds water.
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By Gaddings Dam and it's very windy
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Thank goodness for flagged paths. I followed this from the dam to join the Pennine Way to Stoodley Pike.
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Pennine Way signpost. I'll be following the Way in the other direction though. The "100" marker refers to the Todmorden Centenary Way which shares the route for a while.
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Pennine moorland from the Pennine Way
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Withens Clough Reservoir
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Stoodley Pike ahead
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The guide post of Long Stoop
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Calderdale from the path to Stoodley Pike
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The Stoodley Pike monument
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Views from Stoodley Pike. Looking down Calderdale towards the moors above Hebden Bridge and Colden Clough.
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Todmorden and Calderdale below
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Looking across to Langfield Edge. The bridleway that is my route back can be seen on the hillside below.
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It was really windy up here as it whipped up over the edge of the moor. Windy enough for spray to be taken off the top of this puddle.
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From Stoodley Pike I continued on the Pennine Way until it reached the Pennine Bridleway, which will take me back to Lumbutts
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One last shot across Calderdale
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On the track of London Road back to Lumbutts

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