{"id":4134,"date":"2024-11-27T00:49:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T00:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2024-11-27T00:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T00:55:00","slug":"241111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/241111\/","title":{"rendered":"241111"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Distance 17.2 Km\u00a0 (10.7 miles)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ascent\u00a0 \u00a0319 m\u00a0 (1046 ft)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Average moving speed\u00a0 4.15 Km\/hr\u00a0 (2.58 mph)\u00a0 \u00a0 Start\u00a0 9.46 am\u00a0 \u00a0Finish\u00a0 15.57 pm<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Leaving the coach at West Nubbock on the B6305 on a bright and fairly warm November day,\u00a0 12 of us headed south on a tarmac track to W Greenridge.\u00a0 After crossing a ford, the tarmac turned to\u00a0 an earthen\/grassy track as we headed to Long Moss.\u00a0 \u00a0After crossing a footbridge, I initally led the group S on a track for a short distance before realising that I should be heading WSW so we did a short section of heather bashing to join the correct track.\u00a0 This was a reasonable track which we followed across the gradual climb over Spitalshield Moor until we turned off the RoW on a gravel (shooters) track heading S for a short distance before returning to the WSW direction.\u00a0 We followed this until we reached the shooter’s hut where we halted for our morning coffee stop.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

After the stop we continued along this good track past North Church Lands where we started to descend.\u00a0 The views across the moor had been excellent under a clear blue sky with just wisps of cloud but as we looked down to the W Allen valley, the views just got better.\u00a0 As we headed down Splitty Lane End, perhaps I became too interested in the views as I turned left instead of right adding a round trip of ca. 500 m to our walk.\u00a0 Having made the correction, we continued downhill to Catton\u00a0 where we found suitable seating and had an enjoyable lunch in the warm sunshine.<\/p>

Leaving Catton, we headed west finding with Michael’s help a narrow path alongside a stream.\u00a0 Although the path left the stream a short distance later, the path did not improve being narrow and partly overgrown.\u00a0 \u00a0The path took us to Pasture House and after passing thro a gate we kept to the right of the fence as shown on the map only to find that the path was on the left of the fence, so another detour.\u00a0 Arriving at Old Town we discovered (via the lady of the farm) that the RoW had been diverted so we followed her directions and made our way, NW, towards Colliery Lane.\u00a0 En-route we passed a field containing some fairly large Lamas.\u00a0 We then proceeded to descend down Colliery Lane which brought us to the bridge crossing the R West Allen.\u00a0 After crossing the bridge we turned SE onto a track passing the buildings at Oakpool and we followed this firm grass\/earth track alongside the W Allen past Kittygreen to Bridge Eal.\u00a0 At this point, we were ahead of time, so I suggested a short afternoon drinks stop at Bishopfield Haugh.\u00a0 After the stop, we continued near the river passing thro an attractive autumnal wood before crossing the river at Thornleygate.\u00a0 We then continued SE on a reasonable path through the trees and shrubs along the north bank of the W Allen before joining the B6295 and the final climb into Allendale.<\/p>

An enjoyable, varied walk, in excellent weather, despite my couple of errors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0Click on any photo to view full screen.\u00a0 \u00a0 Move through the gallery using the\u00a0 \u00a0<\u00a0 >\u00a0 arrows.<\/p>