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21st April 2015 - Simon's Seat

Walk Details

Distance walked: 9.5 miles

Total ascent: 1976 ft

OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas

Time taken: 7 hrs

Route description: Burnsall-Dales Way-Howgill-Simon's Seat-Dalehead Farm-High Skyreholme-Trollers Gill-New Road-Appletreewick Pasture-Kail Lane-Dales Way-Burnsall

A beautiful spring day for what has to be one of my favourite walks in Wharfedale. There's a great combination of riverside scenery from the Dales Way and then there are the views to be had from Simon's Seat. Plus, I do like to take the opportunity of having a bite to eat at Katie's Kiosk before setting off. Wall to wall sunshine all day and it was only while I was up on Simon's Seat and Lord's Seat that the breeze was strong enough for me to need my fleece.

From the car park in Burnsall I crossed Burnsall Bridge to then follow the Dales Way downstream by the Wharfe to the hamlet of Howgill. Once through Howgill I climbed up to the summit of Simon's Seat. A there and back to the neighbouring outcrop of Lord's Seat was done before making my way down the northern slopes of the fell to Dalehead Farm. I then crossed fields and Blands Beck to reach High Skyreholme and after a short walk down the road I used a field path to reach the lane at Parcevall Hall. The path by Skyreholme Beck took me to Trollers Gill. After Trollers Gill I made my way up to New Road. A bridleway across Appletreewick Pasture and the track of Kail Lane took me back to the Dales Way and Burnsall.

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It's a glorious morning by the River Wharfe in Burnsall...
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Burnsall as I cross Burnsall Bridge to reach the Dales Way
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Numberstones End. The part of Barden Moor that stands above Burnsall.
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Past Woodhouse Farm
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More great riverside scenery...
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The village of Appletreewick
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That's Simon's Seat ahead
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My walk by the river ends with a stretch through woodland
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On the track through the hamlet of Howgill
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Expanding views of Wharfedale as I climb Simon's Seat..
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The rocky outcrops of Simon's Seat are the high point of Barden Fell
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A bit of clambering over rocks is needed to reach the trig point
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Looking across Wharfedale to Barden Moor with Pendle Hill in the distance
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Barden Moor, Wharfedale and the moors that separate Malhamdale and Wharfedale
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Looking across the valley of Blands Beck to Skyreholme, Grimwith Reservoir and the slopes that rise to a distant Great Whernside
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The neighbouring outcrop of Lord's Seat to the east
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To the south, Ilkley Moor beyond Beamsley Beacon
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Heading for Lord's Seat. It's the first time that I've taken the trouble to visit it.
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To the east, Great Pock Stones and Pock Stones Moor, which drops down to the Washburn valley. The radomes at Menwith Hill can be made out.
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A different view of Wharfedale from here with Simon's Seat on the left
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After making my way back to Simon's Seat I'm heading down the path to Dalehead Farm
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and then across to High Skyreholme
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Following Skyreholme Beck to Trollers Gill..
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At the entrance to Trollers Gill
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It soon becomes more open and at the moment the beck is underground
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The limestone knoll of Nursery Knot
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and Simon's Seat as I make my way up to New Road..
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I soon left the road for a bridleway that I'll follow all the way down to the Wharfe
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It's a lovely end to the afternoon..
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The track of Kail Lane
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The valley of Barben Beck
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Woodhouse Farm ahead
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I couldn't resist taking some more riverside shots as I head back to Burnsall....
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