Lead by Gwyn Jones, distance 5.7 miles.
From Settle we head up to Stainforth Force where we will have our lunch sitting on the limestone pavement. After lunch we take a short climb up a tarmac road before continuing on the road back down to Settle. A good deal of the way is riverside grassland and tarmac but there are some parts where the path is stony. There is one short climb and approx. 8 stiles.
Lead by Jennifer Mathias.
This loop is along walled paths, woodland, open pasture and up to limestone scars. There is variety and good views. It is classed as moderate but the decent into Settle is quite steep. This walk is about 7 miles.
Lead by Peter Hitchcock.
Settle is a familiar stomping ground for the Club so the aim on this walk is to visit 2
waterfalls which usually avoid the radar; but, the recent dry weather has led to just a water trickle but the sites are quite pretty and they are something you can tick off your local ‘bucketlist’!
After capitalising on the free toilets at the car park, we depart to the East on the usual exit route up to the Pennine bridleway; you will be “puffing” within 5 mins! But it is a short spell before we head northwards along the ridge line to Langcliffe, Upper Winskill and then on to the moors and Carrig Force waterfall. If the weather is good, we shall then take a slightly longer choice, very scenic route to Jubilee cave, following the track south along the base of the escarpment for a shallow climb up Sugar Loaf Hill and onwards to Scaleber Force waterfall; again, quite pretty. Finally, we return to Settle via an old drove road – the locally famous Lambert Lane – the latter part of which is quite steep downhill into the town so sticks would be a bonus. A couple of nice pubs await.
At about 9 miles, the route is quite short but the gains are in the views and you won’t be subjected to my first route which would have involved a 45 min ‘Falkland-style’ yomp along metalled track and then marshy bog! I wouldn’t have been popular!
