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5th April 2015 - Boulsworth Hill

Walk Details

Distance walked: 8.5 miles

Total ascent: 1919 ft

OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines

Time taken: 6 hrs

Route description: The Atom-Foster's Leap-Haworth Road-Bronte Way-Boulsworth Hill-Bronte Way-Lumb Laithe Farm-Lumb Spout-Lodge Moss Farm-Lodge Hill Farm-Copy House Farm-Wycoller-The Atom

A foggy start this morning, so I waited until it was showing signs of clearing before I set off for Wycoller. I arrived at The Atom car park at about 1100, things were definitely improving but it was another thirty minutes before I put my boots on and set off. Once the fog cleared it turned into a lovely spring afternoon with some spells of warm sunshine.

From The Atom car park I followed the path to the gritstone edge of Foster's Leap, across the hillside to Higher Key Styles Farm and up to the Haworth Road. I then had an uncomfortable ten minutes until I reached the bridleway of the Bronte Way. This then took me across the hillside to Lumb Laithe Farm where I set off up Boulsworth Hill. After visiting the summit I took the path past the Abbot Stone down to the Bronte Way and back to Lumb Laithe Farm. Here, I left the Bronte Way for a field path down to Lodge Moss Farm. A short road walk and then I followed a path across the fields to Wycoller Dean and down to Copy House Farm. On reaching the hamlet of Wycoller I had an uphill finish to the walk back to the car park at The Atom.

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The fog is finally clearing at The Atom
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First stop is the gritstone boulders of Foster's Leap. Named in the 17th century after Foster Cunliffe, a relative of the owners of Wycoller Hall, who lept the gap between them in a single bound. Not something that I'll be having a go at.
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Looking down Wycoller Dean from Foster's Leap and Pendle Hill is still surrounded by fog
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Thank goodness I'm off the Haworth Road and on the Bronte Way. Turning round and there's sunshine on the hillside of Wolf Stones.
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Pendle Hill comes into view
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Wycoller Dean
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The paved nature of the path above Saucer Hole Clough shows how old this route is
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Improving views of Pendle Hill as I head up Boulsworth Hill
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Wolf Stones and Crow Hill from Weather Stones
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Stanbury Moor and Ovenden Moor
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Up on the summit of Boulsworth Hill, Lad Law, and its bright white trig point
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Looking south towards Calderdale past the gritstone outcrops of Dove Stones
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A rather hazy view looking southwest to the moors around Rossendale
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There's a great view of Pendle Hill from Boulsworth Hill
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and a final shot from the summit. Looking down on the Forest of Trawden.
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The Abbot Stone is a great subject for the foreground of a photo
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Lovely views looking towards Trawden as I head down
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Back on the Bronte Way and I'll be following it east to more or less where I left it earlier to head up Boulsworth Hill
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I left the Bronte Way at Lumb Laithe Farm for a field path towards Trawden
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The lovely little waterfall of Lumb Spout. Just off my route and worth the detour.
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A lovely view of Pendle Hill and Trawden as I take the hillside path to Wycoller
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Combe Hill ahead
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and Wycoller Dean
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Heading down to Wycoller
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A last chance for a view up Wycoller Dean
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At the packhorse bridge in Wycoller
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As I head up to the car park I pass an example of vaccary walling. They date from the 13th century and were put in place to stop cattle straying.
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Back at The Atom and there's a great view across to Pendle Hill at the end of a lovely afternoon
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