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9th January 2022 - Simon's Seat and Pock Stones Moor

Walk Details

Distance walked: 6.3 miles

Total ascent: 1256 ft

OS map used: 298 - Nidderdale

Time taken: 4.5 hrs

Route description: Middle Skyreholme-High Skyreholme-Dalehead Farm-Simon's Seat-Lord's Seat-Great Pock Stones-Little Pock Stones-Forest Road-Skyreholme Bank-High Skyreholme-Middle Skyreholme


I picked the day with the better weather this weekend and decided to head to Wharfedale for a walk up Simon's Seat. With the wind coming from the west I figured that this would be the best place for me to go to see a bit of sunshine and for the cloud to be off the top of the fells, there being a lot of high ground upwind. I had planned on setting off from Barden Bridge but all the spaces were already taken when I arrived, so remembering that I'd used the lane to Parcevall Hall in Middle Skyreholme on a previous such occasion I started my walk from there. It ended up being a cold, grey and windy winter's day with only a little brightness every now and then.

From where I parked at Middle Skyreholme I walked up the lane to High Skyreholme, then took the public footpath on the right down to and across Blands Beck and up to the track of Howgill Lane. I then walked east along Howgill Lane towards Dalehead Farm until I reached the permissive path on the right up to access land, which I took and followed uphill to Simon's Seat. After a brief stop to take in the view I followed the flagged path across the moor to Lord's Seat, where I stopped for lunch. I then followed the wall east across Pock Stones Moor to Great Pock Stones and down to the track of Forest Road, which after a stop at Little Pock Stones took me west back towards Skyreholme. When the track of Forest Road met that of Black Hill Road and Skyreholme Bank I took Skyreholme Bank and followed it downhill to High then to Middle Skyreholme, where I was parked. Before heading back home I paid a visit to Trollers Gill.

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Heading up the lane of Skyreholme Bank to High Skyreholme
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Simon's Seat ahead of me as I take the path from High Skyreholme down to and across Blands Beck
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There's a hint of a rainbow behind me
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Looking back to Middle and High Skyreholme as I reach Dalehead Farm
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Views across to Burnsall Fell, Appletreewick Pasture and Grimwith Fell as I climb the path up to Simon's Seat...
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Almost at the top and I have a wider view to Burnsall Fell and across Wharfedale
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Looking south to Beamsley Beacon and Ilkley Moor
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At the trig point on Simon's Seat, the high point of Barden Fell
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Looking up Wharfedale with Burnsall Fell on the left and Appletreewick Pasture on the right. It's not very pleasant up here with the strong and cold wind that's blowing.
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Skipton Moor in the distance behind Carncliff Top on the left, and Lower Barden Reservoir on the right on the southern end of Barden Moor
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Leaving Simon's Seat I follow the flagged path to Lord's Seat
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Looking back to Simon's Seat
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Simon's Seat, Burnsall Fell and Wharfedale from Lord's Seat. It seems to be a bit brighter at the moment with more breaks in the cloud.
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Sunshine on Hebden Moor
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Looking south across the rest of Barden Fell to Round Hill, Beamsley Beacon and Ilkley Moor
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and east to Pock Stones Moor
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Pock Stones Moor from the other rocky outcrop at Lord's Seat
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Sunshine on Hebden Moor and Appletreewick Pasture. It would be nice to have some of it over here.
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Looking north to High Crag and Craven Moor
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Heading for Great Pock Stones
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On Great Pock Stones. Looking back to Lord's Seat with the moors of Wharfedale in the distance.
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Round Hill and Beamsley Beacon in the distance behind Rocking Moor and the rest of Barden Fell
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Looking down the Washburn Valley to sunshine on Menwith Hill
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Crossing Pock Stones Moor to Little Pock Stones, and the track of Forest Road, which I'll follow back to High Skyreholme
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Little Pock Stones
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A patch of sunshine on Braithwaite Moor on the other side of the Washburn Valley
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Looking down the Washburn Valley. I think the two patches of water are Thruscross Reservoir and Fewston Reservoir.
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From Little Pock Stones I follow the track of Forest Road to the west
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Lord's Seat, Simon's Seat and Burnsall Fell
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Looking back along the track with Great Pock Stones up on the right
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A wall makes a good foreground for another photo of Lord's Seat and Simon's Seat
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Following the track of Forest Road, and then Skyreholme Bank down to High Skyreholme....
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The barn of Ridge Lathe on the hillside to my right. It needs a new roof.
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Onto a tarmacked road for the final descent to High Skyreholme
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Simon's Seat rises above Dalehead Farm
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Back in High Skyreholme
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Since I'm here and I finished a bit early I thought I'd take the opportunity to visit Trollers Gill. Following the path by Skyreholme Beck to Trollers Gill.
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The ravine of Trollers Gill. After the recent wet weather I'm not surprised to see the beck flowing through it....
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