Sat 6 Jun 2015
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Ingleborough from top of Clapham Lane
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Andrew and I drove to Clapham and walked along Clapdale past Ingleborough Cave and up on to Long Scar above Crummackdale. The wind was very strong, and blustery, and quite cold after a week of warmer weather.
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Clints in Thieves Moss fom Sulber Gate
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We
continued along Clapham Lane to Sulber Gate where we stopped for a
breather in the shelter of the wall. We then walked northwards, crossing
Sulber Nick and following the track which eventually led to the lane
that runs westward from the main road at Selside. There
we found that our destination of Alum Pot was on private land, and a
notice was fixed to the gate telling us so, and demanding £1 to enter
the field. As the track has been in use for well over twenty years I
think it has become a Public Right of Way. The payments is to be made at
the farm, which is down by the road.
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| Alum Pot enclosure |
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| Alum Pot |
At
the pot it was impossible to see into the hole because of leafy trees,
and on account of the blustery wind we didn't like to risk going into
the walled area. The waterfall plunges some 300 feet down to a pool. We
stopped on the east side to eat our lunch, and then set off back to the
lane. Now the wind was against us as we toiled back past Sulber Nick and Thieves Moss, dropping down towards Beggar's Stile.
The
wind was no less strong in Crummackdale - was, in effect, a little
stronger. We took the route below the cliffs of Norber where Colin, John
and I passed some weeks ago, soon reaching Thwaite Lane which leads on
to Long Lane and so down through the estate tunnels to Clapham.
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| Below Norber's cliffs |
A quite strenuous walk, especially against the cold wind on the return, but luckily with no rain and a few sunny periods.
