gonna meet my friend on Ilkley Moor and run the rest with her
gonna meet my friend on Ilkley Moor and run the rest with her
Did a partial recce today. Wasn't sure how I'd feel given recovering from manflu so pleased to do 16+ miles.
Parked in Guiseley at the end of the WestSide service road next to the bridge across the railway, followed the route to the edge of Baildon Moor but then deliberately went across the NE edge of the moor to Sconce Lane and picked up the route again just before Weecher, then on route to Twelve Apostles/Lanshaw Lad (the bogs mostly frozen on this section) before heading down the main path to the start of Rocky Valley then back on route all the way through to the end of the menston road crossings before deciding on a 'painful' flat 2 miles back along the main road.
My first time recce'ing the Rocky Valley to the ridge section and despite having read the comments/advice from Fozzy, DinoF and others I crossed the main stream at the end of the path, initially went right but not for long enough as I then veered left so ended up on the C&C ridge above the hotel so had the 'diagonal' stony ascent back up to the main path between Pancake Stone and Stead Crag.
Still a good morning out although not the clear blue skies of yesterday with plenty of haze and Ilkley itself shrouded in mist.
I had a look yesterday MT, I headed down the dales way from Lanshaw Lad (since when did they change the duckboards for gritstone? big improvement imho, I hate duckboards much more than gritstone), when I got to the top of rocky valley I headed across the ridge east. You need to bear right as you get through rocky valley on a fairly clear path before the stream and this leads you up to the culvert on a trod. Jump/wade across and you hit a decent path that threads along the ridge and eventually joins the path you would have come on to after the climb you did. I'm not sure it's massively quicker but there is less climb as you don't lose as much height.
Thanks Rob :thumbup:Originally Posted by Rob Furness
Re-reading earlier comments and yours above I now know where you mean - there were a couple of people walking down that path to join the main RV path today. I'll try and remember that on the day.
Looks like my brother did just miss out. If anyone has a spare entry, or hears about one, please shout up. Happy to re-imburse you. Graham
Does anyone have a memory map route (mmo file filef) for Rombalds Stride?
You're best off going on mapmyrun or grough and searching for it on there that's where I first found it.
MT - just be careful because there are quite a few little paths in that area. If you're going to hop over the conduit, then go R up the little path right just at the end of RV (before path starts to drop down to stream), then follow to cross over one path coming from the top to a 2nd, fairly major path. Turn L and follow this path and drop down all the way down to Conduit and follow obvious path on other side straight up to Pancake Stone.
It's very easy if it's clear. If the clag is down, it's fairly easy to get disoriented in there.
The 2nd route is to follow main path from RV down to stream, cross over, then take path off to R immediately after crossing up hill for about 20m, then take faint path off that comes off to R which leads to a fork after about another 20m, take left fork which takes you direct to Pancake Stone. Then go SEE along the path that follows the top of the ridge.
I favour the 1st option simply because it's easier to follow and should be more obvious in the clag. Having said that, if it was very, very bad, I'd drop down to C&C and come back up.
Hopefully that'll help!
fozzy - thanks. Yes i've noticed the number of little paths in the area. Yesterday I started following your 2nd route but took a left fork too early instead of your second faint right path. I'm sure I'll be fine on the day, especially if I tag on to someone who's recce'd that section even more than I have (DinoF?).
Interestingly, despite having run over the moors so many times over the past 10+ years yesterday was the first time i've gone up along the RV path from West to East.
Ah - I see where you went wrong - that path does drop back down the the main path to C&C. To help me sort it all out, I took my garmin traces into google earth - all the paths and tracks are visible on the aerial photography. Also, the Orienteering map on the Airienteers website at http://www.aire.org.uk/club/cluborg/...POC 021211.pdf is useful for picking the paths more clearly than the OS map.fozzy - thanks. Yes i've noticed the number of little paths in the area. Yesterday I started following your 2nd route but took a left fork too early instead of your second faint right path. I'm sure I'll be fine on the day, especially if I tag on to someone who's recce'd that section even more than I have (DinoF?
Interestingly, despite having run over the moors so many times over the past 10+ years yesterday was the first time i've gone up along the RV path from West to East.
On that map - the end of RV is just E of Point A marked on the map, and the Pancake stone is that large boulder marked SE of point E.
Last edited by fozzy; 17-01-2012 at 12:10 AM. Reason: Added landmarks visible on map.
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