A medium grade mountain bike ride through some of the best of the limestone Dales, suitable for all year riding.
This is a pleasant short circular route from Settle, passing some of Yorkshire's climbing areas - Giggleswick Scar South, Robin Proctor Scar, Pot Scar, Trow Gill and Crummackdale. There is some very good riding along narrow walled bridleways, with a couple of scary bridges to ride across and some tough little climbs.
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SD7975765738 Cross the road and follow bridleway (BW) signs to Feizor.
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SD7895767561 Café .Turn left and immediately right and follow Pennine Bridleway (PBW) signs passing Austwick and towards Clapham.
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SD7512569290 Turn right and follow PBW signs along long lane with Ingleborough Cave down on your left.
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SD7713372359 Turn immediately right to follow the BW downhill, then along a farm track. Take a left fork down to a stream crossing.
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SD7775270423 Cross the river, turn right and follow BW to Wharfe. Then go left along the road towards Helwith Bridge.
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SD8038469049 Turn right along the road following PBW signs. Go left in Higher Stainforth, crossing the river to Stainforth.
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SD8210167107 Follow PBW signs steeply out of Stainforth. Turn right down the road towards Langcliffe.
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SD8295865254 Follow the PBW sign downhill to Settle.
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Bob
15 Jan, 2015
Having only ridden down the BW out of Stainforth, I don't fancy riding up it :-( Though I'll get my chance in June ...
Bob
15 Jan, 2015
Yep, just need to get fit for it. And need to get some bikepacking kit and learn how to use it. No pressure then :-)
Bob
15 Jan, 2015
I did roughly a third of the distance and height gain in September, riding out along the Pennine Bridleway to Helwith Bridge and back via Malham Tarn and Weets Top. Took under 8hrs including an hour of stops, oh, and a lot of gates!
Bob
16 Jan, 2015
:-) The "Check stupidity" light went on after just 11Km on Sunday, actually it was flickering from the off ;-) Cray down to Buckden then over Firth Moor to Litton. The plan was to head over to Helwith Bridge but we were only doing 11kmh on the flat road, a gale and horizontal rain didn't look too appetising for the next few hours. Plan B was implemented - sit in the pub until my mate's wife came to pick us up!