Distance: 10 Miles
Total Ascent/descent: 1500ft
Hello again, and a warm welcome to the first ‘A’ Group walk of the new season. Today’s linear walk has beauty, variation, interest and surprisingly little in the way of vertical exercise—although watch for the sting in the tail, after all it is an ‘A’ walk! At 10 miles, though, it is horizontally challenging! It will be muddy (not boggy) in parts.
We start at the picturesque village of Yealand Conyers, close to Leighton Hall—a Grade II listed building—and travel westwards along the foot of Warton Crag until we reach the coast. On this section, we shall see the 1st of 2 lime-kiln remains: Peter Hill, a field kiln and Jack Scout, a coastal kiln. We follow parts of the Lancashire Coastal Way and coastal path to circumnavigate Silverdale and, weather permitting, we shall
pause on or near Cove Beach for lunch.
The going is straightforward but care will be needed if the rocks are wet. Pursuing the coastal path northwards, potentially the sea views towards Grange-over-Sands and the Lake mountains are fantastic. You might even see some Alpacas! For those with a penchant for sea birds, I shall bring my binoculars!
We finally attack Arnside Knott (about 500’amsl) via an easy-ish climb from the WNW. Beautiful panoramic views await us at the top before a short, relaxing recovery into Arnside for an approx 4pm arrival.
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