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Cross the wooden bridge and walk along the short length of track to pass through a wooden gate. Walk straight across a track …
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… passing between stone gateposts along the farm road to Bolton Park Farm.
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Bear right following the finger post, Permissive Footpath to Barden Access Area.
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The track leads between farm buildings, most of which are on the right of the track. As you pass the last of
the farm buildings the track leads through a gateway and bears left, climbing to …
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... the next gateway and cattle grid. The track leads uphill through another gateway (with cattle grid alongside) and on to the Access Land.
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The next gateway had a wooden gate propped open. Before going through, take time to admire the view behind you.
At the other side of this gateway …
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… the track divides. Take the left fork signed, Broadshaw House only. Carry on following the track through another gateway with cattle grid
(leaving the Access Land of the Access Land).
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The track bears round to the right and leads you down to Broadshaw House (I'll use the spelling on the sign that we passed,
rather than the OS Map spelling).
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Cross the wooden footbridge and follow the track round to the right for a short distance …
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… before turning left through the gateway pictured. Walk past the farm buildings on your right and then through a wooden gate.
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Walk along the grassy track through another gateway, after which the path divides. Bear left …
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… go through the gate pictured and follow the track down to …
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… a bridge over Hudson Gill Beck. After crossing the beck the track climbs sharply to the left, through a wooden gate …
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… continuing uphill. Pass through the gateway at the top of the hill and across the field to …
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… go through this gateway, pass the front of the derelict Agill House and through the gateway beyond.
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Continue in the same direction across fields to the gateway pictured. The grassy track leads …
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… to another gate. Go through this and turn left along a track …
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… which leads to the ford across a small stream.
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Continue up to meet the main path from the Wharfe to Simon's Seat. Turn left …
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… following the track through a wooden gate into the conifer plantation. At the far end of the woodland go through a narrow wooden gate …
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… and follow the narrower path through the Valley of Desolation (so called because of the destruction caused
by a storm surge through the valley in 1836). The path follows the direction of the beck,
which is crossed by a narrow footbridge. Once across the stream …
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… the path widens , leading to …
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… a kissing gate. Continue in the same direction to pass a lodge on your right. Go through a wooden gate and turn left …
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... onto the road pictured. After a few metres …
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… take the path on the right, down to the river. Turn left onto the riverside path …
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... to return to the wooden bridge and the start of the walk.
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All text and images ©Graham Dean, November, 2016.