The Forty-Fifth of our “Hubberton Hikers Hikes” is now scheduled for Saturday November 18th 2006. The hike is planned to start at 11am from The Penistone Hill car park, (Stanbury). The hike is approximately 6 miles long and will take about 3.5 to 4 hours at a gentle pace. It is planned to have a drink @ (possibly) The Coiners in Mytholmroyd (to give you a “taster” of where we are to have our Christmas meal, on the return journey home when the hike is completed. This is only provisional!
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Directions: Stanbury is pretty local to our regular hikers... From Oxenhope (A6033 between Hebden Bridge and Keighley),
follow Shaw Lane onto Moor Side Lane (the road to Stanbury). The Penistone hill car park is about half a
mile before you reach the dam across the reservoir.
The walk itself begins by following the car park’s drive back to the road at Stanbury Height. A public footpath sign by a patch of wetland, marked on the map as a pool, points the way through a wooden gate and onto the moors. The narrow path heads west, descending slightly through heather (no not “our” Heather), and bilberry past another signpost sited 30 metres further. Make sure to keep well to the left of the line of grouse shooting butts near to the top of the ridge. Lower Laith Reservoir now comes into view as the path gently curves to the right to join a stony farm track on the lip of the south Dean beck. The track, a part of the Bronte Way, bends south West and narrows to become no more than a footpath over the moors. It is now surrounded by reeds, bracken, heather (and Diane), and a few fox gloves. On approaching the crags, the path descends by a series of steps into the now rugged clough. A stone footbridge, grandly named the Bronte Bridge, spans the beck. Cross the little bridge and follow the Bronte Way uip the bouldered slopes. Go through a kissing gate (NOT forgetting to KISS your Leader GIRLS!!), to the northern rim of the clough near a ruined farm. Leave the Bronte Way and turn left to follow the well defined path south west parallel to the clough, ignoring the ladder stile at the top of the field and to the right. Top Withins can now be seen in views ahead, high on the moor, next to a big tree. To get the best out of the walk, continue along the flagged path to the top of the moor to see the view on the other side. The path arrives halfway between Round Hill and Dick Delph Hill. Lunch will be taken here before we commence our return journey, though not the same way but in the same direction. The rest of the Walk can be obtained from Leader if desired before the date, otherwise follow “YOUR LEADER” on the day. |
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ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY CAN JOIN THIS BRILLIANT BAND OF PEOPLE ON THE DAY AT THE SAID TIME. PLEASE INFORM LEADER OF ANY INTAKES!
This is the classic “Bronte country walk through moorland landscape at its most atmospheric. It starts in the wild moors that inspired many of their writings, visiting the alleged setting of Wuthering Heights and the Bronte Bridge and falls. The paths and tracks are clear and the route is well way marked. The start will be taken at a leisurely pace so as to make sure that ALL those who wish to complete the hike will do so. PLEASE take note of "ANDYS AMBLING ADVICE" and ensure that warm and waterproof clothing is/are taken in case of any change in the weather.
A MAP of the walk is available HERE.
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This page last updated on 4th November 2006