Distance: 8.5 mls app
Total Ascent/descent: 1100/ 950ft app
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| B Linear Route from left to right |
Who wants to traipse the moors all day when there is something better to walk? Todays walk is a regular one because it offers so much variety and interest, so why change what has been successful in the past.
We start at Laneshaw Bridge in Lancashire (Free Toilets) and head towards Wycoller alongside Wycoller Beck.
Arriving at this picturesque ancient village we cross one of seven ancient bridges to view the remains of Wycoller Hall, the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Jane Eyre.
Keeping our eye open for the Panopticon, we continue on the Bronte Way, alongside the beck, gradually climbing and enjoying the views and heading towards the highest point of the walk and our lunch stop.
Watersheddles Reservoir was undergoing a £1.4m modernisation the last time we were here and its nice to see several new ladders over the walls. The path meanders through ferns and alongside the river Worth and since the Rights of Way officer has promised to clear the pathway, as he did last time it will be a lovely section of the walk
Continuing along the Bronte Way we cross the river Worth and climb up to great views.
Passing Ponden Hall (Thrushcross Grange in "Wuthering Heights ) and reservoir (may be canoeists) we head towards the quant village of Stanbury.
We now cross the dam of our third reservoir (inspecting for possible breaches!), then head uphill for Haworth and the Bronte Parsonage.
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