261 Sunday 30th March 2025 Hardcastle Crags

This was  my  choice, a short-ish  circular  walk at  the  top  end  of  Hardcastle Crags. We drove  there stopping  off  at  Nutty's Butty's for  our  lunch. We  parked  at  Clough Hole car park where I paid for 4 hours . 

From  the  car  park, we took  the  path  dropping into the woods.


We took the steep path  down  the  steps to Gibson Mill


We  moved  north up the  valley, for  some  of  the  time  accompanied by a Rambler's group from Liverpool.


Towards the  end  of the valley  there's  a  steep path climbing out of  it. We  had  to  have  a  rest  on the bench at the top.


Just  beyond there we  went  to a  reptile  refuge I  remebered from a previous walk but  there  was  nothing to see  underneath the metal. We moved on past Blake  Dean to the  valley of Alcomden Water, noting this fine gritstone crag on the other side.


We  crossed the brook  and  picked  up the  farm track  contouring the   east side  of  the  valley which  commanded  stunning views.


Eventually, we took a path down the  hillside and back to Gibson MIll. Unfortunately  the  tea room had closed by the time we got  there.We  then walked up to the  car park by a  slightly different  route and  were  just  within our parking time. Then we drove home.

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