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Whernside (Ribblehead Circular) walk

Onto Yorkshire's highest point along quiet back-of-the-hill route. Return through the limestone country of Chapel-le-Dale.

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Whernside beyond a plantation

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Low Force Waterfall on the Force Gill

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Descent Route from scarp side path on Whernside, towards Ingleborough

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Roman Road snaking up Cam Fell, behind Ribblehead Viaduct

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Whernside from Platform 2, Ribblehead Station

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Whernside and the Ribblehead Station Inn, from lane down from the station

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Ribblehead Viaduct, with Whernside behind

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Ribblehead Viaduct, with Whernside behind

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The (delayed) 10.51 to Leeds about to cross Ribblehead Viaduct, with Ingleborough behind

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The (delayed) 10.51 to Leeds on Ribblehead Viaduct, with Park Fell behind

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Blea Moor Signal Box

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Force Gill crossing the railway line in its aqueduct (bridleway to right)

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Blea Moor Tunnel Entrance

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Ingleborough in the clouds (who would have thought?), from bridge over railway by the Force Gill

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Low Force Waterfall on the Force Gill

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Looking back to Ingleborough along the Force Gill

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Spoil heaps and air shafts across Little Dale on the line of the Blea Moor Tunnel

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Moss and Bog Cotton Grass

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Moss and Bog Cotton Grass

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Shake Hole by the Dales High Way, crossing the Craven Wold

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Ruined hut by Duncan Sike, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind

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Ruined hut on Craven Wold by Duncan Sike, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind

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Tarn on Knoutberry Hill (Whernside)

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Larger of the Whernside Tarns on Knoutberry Hill

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Top of Whernside from Knoutberry Hill

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Ribblehead Viaduct from scarp side path on Whernside

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Ingleborough from scarp side path on Whernside

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Ribblehead Viaduct, from descent route off Whernside

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Ingleborough, across West Moss Plantation

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Backview up to Whernside

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Ribblehead Viaduct to the left

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Backview up to Whernside

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Tree growing out of/from behind of a limestone boulder

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Some yellow flowers, West Moss Plantation, Ingleborough

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Whernside from track south of Ellerbeck Farm

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Limestone Bands, path side

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Limestone Bands, path side

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Whernside beyond a plantation

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Mossy Wall on descent to Chapel-le-Dale

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Wild Garlic on Mossy Wall on Descent to Chapel-le-Dale

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Wild Garlic on Mossy Wall on Descent to Chapel-le-Dale

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St. Leonhard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale

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Memorial Plaque for navvies who died at Ribblehead Viaduct and Blea Moor Tunnel, St. Leonhard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale

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The Winterscales Beck drops from the rockwall into a pot hole

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The Winterscales Beck, dry on the surface, just before the pot hole

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Ribblehead Viaduct from tarmac lane by End Moss

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Ribblehead Viaduct from the east

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Ribblehead Viaduct from the west

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Last updated : Aug-24