29th August 2011 - Clougha Pike
Walk Details
Distance walked: 6.0 miles
Total ascent: 1256 ft
OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: Rigg Lane-Ottergear Bridge-Grit Fell-Clougha Pike-Clougha Scar-Windy Clough-Rigg Lane
I parked in the car park on Rigg Lane below Clougha Pike. From there I followed a path around the side of the fell that joins up with a shooters track. I followed this around the back of Clougha Pike until it reached a disused quarry where I left it and made my way up to the summit. From the summit I followed a path down past Clough Scar and Windy Clough then through woodland back to the car park.
Total ascent: 1256 ft
OS map used: OL41 - Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale
Time taken: 4 hrs
Route description: Rigg Lane-Ottergear Bridge-Grit Fell-Clougha Pike-Clougha Scar-Windy Clough-Rigg Lane
I parked in the car park on Rigg Lane below Clougha Pike. From there I followed a path around the side of the fell that joins up with a shooters track. I followed this around the back of Clougha Pike until it reached a disused quarry where I left it and made my way up to the summit. From the summit I followed a path down past Clough Scar and Windy Clough then through woodland back to the car park.
Route map
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Farmland in view from the car park on Rigg Lane..
Views from the path as I head north...
Ravine from Ottergear Bridge and..
Ottergear Bridge
The Lake District fells come into view as height is gained
Black Combe on the left
The view opens up as more height is gained as I follow the shooters track round the back of Clougha Pike..
The Lake District fells in the distance
Morecambe Bay
The view towards the distant Howgills, Calf Top and Great Coum
Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent in the far distance behind the wind turbines on Caton Moor
The three men of Clougha Pike?
Morecambe Bay
The view north
and to the northeast with Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent in the far distance behind the wind turbines on Caton Moor
Morecambe Bay
Yorkshire's three peaks in view in the distance
I found these in the disused quarry before making my way up to the summit of Clougha Pike. They look new and they're very well built.
A close up. A little research and I discovered that they were built by the renowned artist Andy Goldsworthy. They were erected for the Abbeystead estate during 1999-2001 with one a year being built. They have a few names, "The Pillars", "Clougha Pike" and the "Three Chairs".
The cloud and rain came down on my way to the summit of Clougha Pike. A glimpse of Morecambe Bay as the cloud briefly lifts.
Windy Clough
A glimpse of Morecambe Bay
Heading down into the woods
Nearly back at the car park