summiteer

Home

Recent

Lake District

Pendle

North Yorkshire

North Wales

Other

Links

About Summiteer

~Settle to Horton~

4th May 2013

Moughton

Moughton

Scroll down for photos and a description of the walk....

Hellifield Railway Station

Hellifield Railway Station

A firm plan to catch the 09:39hrs service to Carlisle from Hellifield and get off at Kirkby Stephen for a walk to Nine Standards Rigg.

River Ribble at Settle

River Ribble at Settle

The train was full when it arrived at Hellifield and I stood in the aisle with many others. Many seats in one of the three carriages were reserved for a coach party joining at Settle. As we arrived at Settle and I saw 60+ folk on the platform, I disembarked, not wanting to witness the chaos!

Izzy The Dog Yorkshire Fields
Izzy the Dog
Route to Feizor

Izzy is with me today and I chose a route to Feizor from Stackhouse. Owing to the change of plan, I didn't have the right map with me, but this is familiar territory. Drizzle plagued us on the walk to Feizor.

Feizor

Feizor

Wet man and dog sought comfort in the "Dogs and Muddy Boots Welcome" cafe in Feizor, now known as Elaine's Tea Room.

Elaine's Tearoom Feizor Feizor Cottages
Elaine's Tearoom
Feizor Cottage

The cafe is excellent for walkers and cyclists; lots of tables and a good menu.

Cyclists near Feizor

To Higher Bark House

Moughton

Moughton

The farmstead of Higher Bark House is partially hidden and the bulk of Moughton lies ahead with Pen-y-Ghent shrouded in low cloud. It really is a a dull day, not what was in the forecasts I studied.

Lonely Tree

The Tree

"They" say you can navigate by the tree's shape - more branches on the south-facing side? More moss on the north-facing side of walls?

Izzy The Dog

~~~~~

I had it mind to climb Pen-y-Ghent, but as we got closer I went for a walk up onto Moughton, preferring to stay out of cloud.

Dry Rigg Quarry

Dry Rigg Quarry

A gritstone quarry, the aggregates primary use being roadstone. From the road and railway line, it looks like an abandoned quarry, but from above you see the full extent of the hole in the ground and the crushing plant.

Moughton

Moughton Top

No map, but a general feeling of the need to head north and the knowledge that the long wall runs roughly north/south and keeps walkers away from the quarry cliffs that run along the hills above Horton.

Moughton Wall

The Wall

Following the wall for a very long time and eventually meeting the route up Ingleborough, we then turned right (sout-east) for Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

Ingleborough in cloud Horton
Ingleborough in Cloud
Route to Horton

Straightforward walk down the hill to Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

Freight Train Freightliner
Colas Railfreight
Freightliner

Freight trains filling the slots between passenger services.

Horton Railway Station

Horton-in-Ribblesdale Railway Station

Beautifully maitained by a volunteer gardener from the Friends of the Settle & Carlisle Railway. I met the gardener with his fork and bucket. A Local Hero!

Hellifield Railway Station

Ancient & Modern

My return train leaves Hellifield and heads for Skipton. This was also a busy service, but observors may notice four carriages, that's one more than the northbound train earlier in the day.

Walkers: Me & Izzy The Dog

Time taken: 4 hours 35 minutes over a distance of about 10 miles.

Route: Settle Railway Station, Stackhouse, Feizor, Higher Bark House, Moughton Nab, Moughton, Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

Weather: Dull with early drizzle and later lifting cloud, but no sunshine.

Refreshments: Breakfast sandwich at Elaine's Tearoom, Feizor. Excellent!

All photos copyright Richard Ratcliffe 2013 ©

Take me back to the start ....

Take me home....