Has anyone a suggestion for a run, west to east across Bowland Forest area. Possibly starting over Clougha Pike and finishing at Ingleton(Home). Not 100% sure of access issues. I'd like to keep high as possible.
Has anyone a suggestion for a run, west to east across Bowland Forest area. Possibly starting over Clougha Pike and finishing at Ingleton(Home). Not 100% sure of access issues. I'd like to keep high as possible.
I M Povey New Marske Harriers
http://manwithoutashed.blogspot.com
Follow the skyline: Clugha Pike, Grit Fell, Ward's Stone, Wolfhole crag, White hill, Cross of Greet, Great Harlow, Burn moor, due north paths/lanes to Greystonegill bridge, lane to nutgill farm, path home. I have never done the descent from Burn Moor to Ingleton but looks straightforward on map. The rest is a great high level wilderness.
Last edited by ydt; 17-01-2016 at 10:10 PM.
That sounds ace Yiannis, and that's without getting a map out. Great area Bowland!
Another option would be a SW to NE traverse of the Bleasedale & Bowland watershed from Chipping to Giggleswick - 31 miles & approx. 5,000 feet - which coincides with the route Yiannis describes, where both routes traverse Wolfhole Crag, White Hill and Great Harlow. See:-
http://www.bowlandfellrunners.org.uk...FR/digthepeat/
Also Tony Wimbush's GoFar site:-
http://www.gofar.org.uk/ukultrasbyregion2.html
The route described by Yiannis was the "run home from work" of a Bowland member who is an academic at Lancaster University, when he lived on the fells just S of Bentham.
Ian Roberts, Bowland Fell Runners.
PS, navigation on the Bowland Fells is much enhanced if you know your fence lines and can recognise your fence junctions AND be prepared for an overpowering sense of solitude and isolation.
Last edited by wheezing donkey; 16-01-2016 at 09:58 PM.
I was a bit of an oddball until I was abducted by aliens; but I'm perfectly OK now!
Thats fantastic! I'll have a good recce on the map and look to have a crack if Mrs tfg is working regularly in Lancaster!
I M Povey New Marske Harriers
http://manwithoutashed.blogspot.com