Hello,
Clare Avory has kindly offered to lead our April walking meet to Pen Y Ghent and Fountains Fell. Thank you Clare!
Meeting at 10am on Silverdale Road which is a single track road between Pen Y Ghent and Fountains Fell, there is honesty box parking where the Pennine Way crosses between the two hills - please consider lift sharing for this meet as parking does look limited.
Google maps pin here for parking -> https://goo.gl/maps/HfnHnvHjK84ohbVTA
The walk is about 14 miles, but can easily be shortened (or lengthened) if people would prefer.
From the cars, the route heads up to the top of Pen Y Ghent, over Plover Hill and down to Foxup Moor. From here it turns east to the village of Foxup, along the River Skirfare to Nether Heselden, then a little further to New Bridge. From here the walk begins to return west then south on the open moorland to reach the summits on Darnbrook Fell and Fountains Fell before picking up the Peninne Way back to the cars.
As an alternative, shorter route, an option would be to return from Nether Heselden along the valley floor footpaths to the west of Pen Y Ghent.
For anyone interested here is a link of the walk with some nice photos - https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/v ... 16&t=15628#. I thought it looked rather interesting and Fountain Fell certainly looks less trodden! (It's on maps OL2 and OL30)
Please post up if you would like to join. Sadly I'll be missing this one but hopefully I'll be on the next!
Thanks, Alice
Attendees:
Clare (leading)
