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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.

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Farmland in view from the car park on Rigg Lane..
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Views from the path as I head north...
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Ravine from Ottergear Bridge and..
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Ottergear Bridge
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The Lake District fells come into view as height is gained
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Black Combe on the left
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The view opens up as more height is gained as I follow the shooters track round the back of Clougha Pike..
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The Lake District fells in the distance
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Morecambe Bay
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The view towards the distant Howgills, Calf Top and Great Coum
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Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent in the far distance behind the wind turbines on Caton Moor
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The three men of Clougha Pike?
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Morecambe Bay
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The view north
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and to the northeast with Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent in the far distance behind the wind turbines on Caton Moor
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Morecambe Bay
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Yorkshire's three peaks in view in the distance
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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.
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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".
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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.
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Windy Clough
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A glimpse of Morecambe Bay
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Heading down into the woods
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Nearly back at the car park

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