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27th February 2015 - Stoodley Pike

Walk Details

Distance walked: 7.3 miles

Total ascent: 978 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 5 hrs

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

The day dawned grey this morning but when it started to brighten up I decided to head across to Calderdale for a walk. I had two routes in mind but chose Stoodley Pike on the drive over and I ended up doing the other walk the following week. There were increasing amounts of sunshine during the afternoon which made for some great views across the moors but with a freshening wind which made it feel pretty cold.

I started my walk by parking on the road outside the church in Lumbutts. I then took the bridleway past Lee Dam and Lee Farm to join the road again, for a walk uphill to reach the Pennine Bridleway opposite the Shepherds Inn. I made my way up the hillside of Rake End before turning left to head uphill past the Basin Stone to Gaddings Dam. After walking around Gaddings Dam I took the path along Langfield Edge and around Coldwell Hill to join the Pennine Way to reach Stoodley Pike. I then made my way back to Lumbutts by following the Pennine Way to its junction with the Pennine Bridleway, the latter taking me back to the road I was parked on.

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It's brightening up nicely as I walk through Lumbutts
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On the bridleway past Lee Farm in Lumbutts and then onto the Pennine Bridleway
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Which heads up the hillside of Rake End
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This cairn and marker post is my cue to head uphill to Gaddings Dam
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But first, a stop at the Basin Stone
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Its basin
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and the view across to Todmorden Moor
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At a windswept Gaddings Dam
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There are great views of Calderdale and Stoodley Pike as I follow Langfield Edge. It was also a good place to stop and have my lunch.
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Withens Clough Reservoir as I join the Pennine Way at Withens Gate
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The Long Stoop guide stone
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Stoodley Pike is getting closer at last
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Sunny South Pennine moors
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The final approach to the Stoodley Pike monument
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It was very windy on the moor edge as I took in the view. Looking down on Todmorden and Calderdale and across to Bride Stones Moor.
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The wooded valley of Jumble Hole Clough on the other side of Calderdale
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The moorland around Hebden Bridge to the northeast
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Looking across to Langfield Edge
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Nice views across Calderdale as I follow the Pennine Way..
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The hillside village of Heptonstall really stands out on the other side of the valley
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A new signpost marks the junction of the Pennine Way with the Pennine Bridleway
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The track of London Road will take me across the hillside and back to Lumbutts

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