This walk starts from the Marton Arms Hotel at Far Westhouse just
outside Ingleton.There is plenty of parking at the stocks by St Oswalds
church.
Follow
the road uphill for about 1 mile until you reach a sheep pen on the
right with a path heading into the open fields. This path is a cheeky
way of getting a free view of Thornton force waterfall.
Follow
the Waterfall path up to the ice cream van and then climb the steep
path up onto Twistleton scar.There are some peculiar limestone rocks up
here..This is my mate from down south.
The
path now crosses the limestone pavement for a mile or so and you can
stop off and have a look down some of the potholes or sinks.
The path now crosses a small ford and turns right towards Chapel le Dale.
As you approach Chapel le Dale there are two very interesting things to see..Firstly is a statue by
Charles
I'Anson which was uprooted and thrown down Hurtle pot.
The statue was recovered from hurtle pot by divers..This is me going down to the entrance of Hurtle pot.
The church of St Leonards is close by and you can stop for some lunch.
Once
while we were having our lunch I got talking to Will Alsop the guy who
designed 3 chips in Manchester and Peckham library, he was amazed that
we were going to walk up Inglebrough..
This is our intended route that amazed him....The next bit of the walk is hard work and often misty.
When you get to the top of the Devils staircase you can have your photo took like we did.
From here it is a short walk to the trig point and 4 sided shelter and then the path wends its way down towards Ingleton.
