Adventures in wet boots

Decided on a shortish Cullingworth trog today since it was a bright afternoon, parking in the middle of a housing estate and heading out of the village and off down Hallas Lane, a rutted road which becomes a bridleway where the houses end. I followed the lane down a set of steps to Hallas Bridge, there was plenty of water in Goit Stock Beck.  After taking a pic of the converted mill I crossed the footbridge and followed the path downstream into Goit Stock Wood.

Got a couple of shots of the falls on the way down, before traipsing through the wood towards the caravan park. All a bit bare at the moment but still pleasant in the sunshine.

I passed through the edge of the park and up a lane between cottages, before following a slightly sticky path past an old (slightly wonky) mill chimney, then across the fields towards Cow House Bridge. On reaching the Cullingworth-Harden road I followed it uphill a little way before heading up a lovely sunken bridleway towards Catstones Moor.

After a short break I turned left along the path before heading over a stile and up towards the old quarry workings on Catstones Hill. I had fun wandering among the outcrops and old workings, others had obviously been before me judging from the signatures in the rocks. Some good views over Wilsden and the skylines above the Worth and Harden valleys from up there, after lingering a bit I set off back downhill across Keighley Road and through more muddy fields towards Sugden House.

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I got a bit stuck at Sugden House trying to find the onward path to link up with a walled track across the valley, entailing a hop over some barbed wire and a bit of a detour. Now short of time, I hurried up the track and across the top of a steep wooded slope before jogging along farm tracks back into Cullingworth.

Goitstock and Catstones walk

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