Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton to Settle) walk
Easy exploration of a wild and remote fell. Return with views of green valleys, Malham Tarn and Catrigg Force waterfall. Finish along elevated path above Ribblesdale
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Catrigg Force, without foliage blocking the view
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Fountains Fell, from Pennine Way
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Pen-y-ghent across fields
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Malham Tarn from Knowe Fell
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Occasional stream emerging from halfway up Pen-y-ghent's eastern side
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Pheasant on wall at Rainscar Farm, Pen-y-ghent in background
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Pennine Way across top of Fountains Fell
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Darnbrook Fell from Fountains Fell
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Catrigg Beck just above Catrigg Force, at end of 'wettest winter in a long time'
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Catrigg Beck goes over the lip of Catrigg Force
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Catrigg Force, view from the top
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Catrigg Force, upper bit close-up
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Catrigg Force, upper bit
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Catrigg Force (lower part), without foliage blocking the view
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Catrigg Force, lower part
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Catrigg Force, without foliage blocking the view
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Stainforth Scar
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Pen-y-ghent from top of Station Road, Horton in Ribblesdale
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Confluence of River Ribble and Hull Pot Beck, Horton in Ribblesdale
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St. Oswald's Church, Horton in Ribblesdale, with Pen-y-ghent in background
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Dub Cote Farm
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Horton Quarry and Ingleborough, from above Dub Cote Farm
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Horton Quarry and Ingleborough, from above Dub Cote Farm
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Pen-y-ghent's prow, from Long Lane
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Fountains Fell, from Long Lane
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Parish Boundary Stones on old trade route below Pen-y-ghent: Stainforth and Arncliffe
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Churn Milk Sinkhole
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Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill, from Silverdale Road
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Pen-y-ghent, from Silverdale Road
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Pen-y-ghent and Ingleborough, from Silverdale Road
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Fountains Fell plateau: fenced off mine shafts
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Fountains Fell plateau: cairn and piles of stones
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Fountains Fell plateau: view towards Buckden Pike
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Fountains Fell: path side shake hole, fenced off former mine shaft
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Fountains Fell descent: mosses, bog cotton grass and streams
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Fountains Fell descent: mosses, bog, bog cotton grass and streams
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Fountains Fell Descent: View down the Darnbrook Beck valley towards the Cowside Beck Valley
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Fountains Fell Descent: Malham Tarn View
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Malham Tarn View
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Cowside Beck Valley from Fountains Fell Descent
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View to Cowside Crag
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Great Hill Scar, near Tennant Gill Farm
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Backview from Knowe Fell
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View from Knowe Fell into Malhamdale
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Malham Tarn from Knowe Fell
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Southerly views from Knowe Fell to Rye Loaf Hill
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Pen-y-ghent beyond Westside House Farm, from Henside Lane
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Cowside Beck
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Catrigg Force, upper part
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Catrigg Force, lip
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Catrigg Force, with foliage
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Catrigg Force
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Winskill Stones NNR
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View up Ribblesdale to Ingleborough
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Limestone bands in Winskill Stones NNR
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Limestone bands in Winskill Stones NNR, with Pen y-ghent and Plover Hill in background
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Langcliffe in Ribblesdale, from elevated path
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View up Ribblesdale, from elevated path
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Blua Crags
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Approach to Settle
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