| Walk: | Gorple Lower Reservoir, Widdop Gate, Hebden Dale, Gibson’s Mill, Hardcastle Crags, Walshaw and Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. | ||
| Start Point: | Clough Foot reservoir | Grid Reference: | SD 946 323 |
| Distance: | 8.25 miles | Ascent: | 1,400 feet |
| Time: | 4.5 hours | ||
| Weather: | Light showers in first hour. Blustery on the moor tops. | ||
| Comments: | 16 ramblers survived the tortuous route to the start. The walk was straightforward by comparison! Good views and an ice-cream stop! All the grouse seen and heard over Wadsworth Moor on the recce had disappeared. As it was a month after the “glorious twelfth”, we fear the worst. NB The map says Wadsworth Moor, but local signage insists that it is “Walshaw and Lancashire Moor”, notwithstanding that we had crossed into the White Rose County! | ||
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The journey there was interesting!
A lonely Pack Horse PH near Gorples Reservoir
A sheep's eye view of the Gorples reservoir dam
At Lower Gorples Reservoir
Windswept water of Gorples reservoir
A top up of the reservoir is on its way
Gate posts - but not those of Widdop Gate
Leaving Widdop Gate for Hardcastle Crags . . .
and Hebden Dale
A steep descent to Hebden Water
Some interesting rock formations
A sheltered spot for . . .
our morning respite at Hardcastle Crags
And then the sun came out
Hebden Water and Dale
White water on Hebden Water
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Gibson Mill (see National Trust website for more info)
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No mention of Ramblers (on wall of Gibson Mill)
A two storey toilet block at Gibson Mill
Typical scenery of the area
A remote Walshaw Lodge
Not to be confused with horrible
A distant Stoodley Pike
A grand residence at Dean Reservoir
Shooting Butts on Wadsworth Moor
Don't shoot the photographer
Walshaw Dean reservoirs
Among the heather at Walshaw and Lancashire Moors