9th February 2014 - Reddyshore Scout
Walk Details
Distance walked: 6.1 miles
Total ascent: 894 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 2.5 hrs
Route description: Walsden-Inchfield Road-Ramsden Wood-Cranberry Dam-Allescholes-Reddyshore Scout-Summit-Rochdale Canal-Walsden
A mostly dry afternoon and I couldn't resist the opportunity to get out for a few hours. I stayed local and made the short trip over to Calderdale for a walk above Reddyshore Scout.
From Walsden I had a short steep walk up Inchfield Road to reach the footpath which I used to cross the fields to Ramsden Wood. From Ramsden Wood I made my way to Cranberry Dam to pick up the bridleway to Allescholes. I then followed the Pennine Bridleway above Reddyshore Scout and down to Summit. To get back to Walsden I used the towpath by the Rochdale Canal.
Total ascent: 894 ft
OS map used: OL21 - South Pennines
Time taken: 2.5 hrs
Route description: Walsden-Inchfield Road-Ramsden Wood-Cranberry Dam-Allescholes-Reddyshore Scout-Summit-Rochdale Canal-Walsden
A mostly dry afternoon and I couldn't resist the opportunity to get out for a few hours. I stayed local and made the short trip over to Calderdale for a walk above Reddyshore Scout.
From Walsden I had a short steep walk up Inchfield Road to reach the footpath which I used to cross the fields to Ramsden Wood. From Ramsden Wood I made my way to Cranberry Dam to pick up the bridleway to Allescholes. I then followed the Pennine Bridleway above Reddyshore Scout and down to Summit. To get back to Walsden I used the towpath by the Rochdale Canal.
Route map
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As I walk up the lane out of Walsden there's a chance to see Walsden in the valley below
and looking up the valley towards Warland
I've left the lane to cross some soggy fields
The steep sided clough which I left Ramsden Wood by
By a windswept Cranberry Dam
On the bridleway to Allescholes
A brief chance to look down the valley towards Walsden
The Allescholes milestone
The Summit gorge from Reddyshore Scout. The highest hill in the distance is Blackstone Edge.
On the Pennine Bridleway above Reddyshore Scout..
All forms of communication pass through the cramped valley floor. Road, canal and railway through a tunnel beneath my feet.
Heading down to Summit to join the canal
West Summit Lock No.37. The highest broad lock in England.
Following the towpath by the Rochdale Canal back to Walsden..
Crossing the boundary
A canal milestone
Back in Walsden