https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/ The Bruntscar Area - 2010 Wainwright Challenge 11th May 2010 Whernside from above the Hill Inn https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282306 82282306 Turned around and this shot of Ingleborough from opposite direction https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282307 82282307 AW advises to turn through a gate after the School. Well it is a Bunk House now. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282308 82282308 Wainwright advised that you call at the house for the key to go down to the cave and waterfall. I discovered that the lady of the house was 100 years old so did not want to disturb her. (There is a story to tell about this lady which I will write in my report for the 2010 Challenge Book) https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282310 82282310 A limited view of the cave could be seen by reaching over the stone wall. AW pen and INk drawing showed a waterfall coming from the top of the cave. You can just see hear a small amount of water near the bottom. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282309 82282309 House near the Weathercote Cave https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282311 82282311 another view of the house https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282312 82282312 I got my information from a visiting friend of the old lady of the house. So absorbed by it all I continued to walk up this path thinking it was the correct path. After coming to a dead end I was pointed off in the right direction. Which was the way I had come !!! https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282313 82282313 Jingle Pot, not a very exciting pot hole to view https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282314 82282314 After following a well defind path AW advises a sharp right turn at the end of the wall. This is it. However, all is not as it was and you may wish to re route ! https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282315 82282315 St Leonards Church Chapel le Dale. MY reroute took me past the church and then right up another lane to Hurtle Pot https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282316 82282316 Hurtle Pot can be seen from the road as can be seen here. A bit of a stretch and foot on wire fence to view. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282317 82282317 This is a very impresive pot hole. With having Brosss with me I did not want to venture too close. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282318 82282318 As far as I get . Can you see the ropes in this and the last shot. There is a water pool down there. The pot is fenced off but accessable by a gate at the top on the lane. AW's route was blocked by locked gate. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282319 82282319 Climbing up the lane towards Gill Head house. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282320 82282320 Strange Statue https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282321 82282321 https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282322 82282322 When you get to Gill Head House AW advises a turn right and follow a flowerly dell to Ellerbeck. I decided on sticking to the farm track which was a ROW. Nothing on the map to indicate a path the way AW walked. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282323 82282323 A bed of lime stone left of the farm trach to Ellerbeck https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282324 82282324 The farmer you can see approaching was a real character and had plenty of time to chat. Learned alot from him and you too will learn if you buy the 2010 Challenge Book when published. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282325 82282325 Towards Ribblehead from Ellerbeck. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282326 82282326 The farmer told me of the Hare and Hound Stone in the middle of this group of rocks. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282328 82282328 The Hare and Hound Stone. The large indent being the Hare and the smaller the Hound. The full story will be in my report. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282327 82282327 This larger rock across the path you can see the indentations in the rock where the back legs of the Hare landed as he leaped on the stone. ( It must have been a very hot day! ) Funnily enough AW did not write about this ! https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282329 82282329 very interested in Bross. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282331 82282331 https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282332 82282332 The middle section of this walk follows a bridle path that continues to run close to the Brunt Scar formation. This is a you walk through Bruntscar Farm. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282333 82282333 Ribblehead Viaduct nearly always in view on this path. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282534 82282534 https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282535 82282535 Bross looking for his stick. Now where did he throw it, I wasn't looking, sneaky devil ! https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282536 82282536 Got It ! Ha, what you think I have this large nose for mate https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282537 82282537 Time for another breather, I am only 7 months old Dad. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282538 82282538 Come on then, what you waiting for ? https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282539 82282539 Views of Ingleborough from the Winterscales Lane. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282540 82282540 Not that way Bross. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282541 82282541 Not a summit shot but it will have to do. I WAS there! https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282543 82282543 The only train I saw all day on the viaduct https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282544 82282544 The access to Gatekirk Cave was not accessable. Particularly with the dog. However, I took a path through a gate ( as can be seen in the photo top of shot) and chanced my arm by wandering out of my way to see if I could see anything. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282546 82282546 Well struggling onto a fenced wall and leaning over I think I could just make out what may have been Gatekirk Cave. Impossible to tell as Aw's drawiing would have been close up and probably from a diffrent angle. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282547 82282547 The waterflowed down stream but then disappeared into a sink. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282548 82282548 AW does not mention this sink but does mention a Resurgence near Gatekirk Cave. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282549 82282549 River dries up https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282550 82282550 This resurgence is further downstream from the Cave. Much further than I expected given what AW wrote. However, I tried to match the view I had with that of AW's drawing.He also would be at a lower level than me. Less water now but I feel it could well be one of the same https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282551 82282551 This leads to Philpin Lane close to end of the walk and the PUB. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282552 82282552 Dry river bed footpath https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282553 82282553 The Hill Inn https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282554 82282554 This is back of the Old School now a Bunk House. Kids just returning from Caving or pot holing drying out their gear. https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282556 82282556 getting closer to the HillEnd Inn was as about as good as it gets. As I approached the pub I could see two young lads outside the pub with Grime faces. I knew what that meant, the pub was closed. I cheered them up by giving them a lift to the Station Inn at Ribblehead, where I joined them for a pint ( or two ) https://raybradshaw.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82282555 82282555