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76 Chapter 4: Upper Rawtheydale
There are a few footpaths in the dale but they cannot
be linked to make a good long walk. Many of them
appear unwelcoming and under-used, giving the walker
the feeling of trespassing. Although the slopes of Baugh
Fell and Rise Hill are CRoW land they are tantalisingly
out of reach above the pastures: a walker must enter at
the eastern or western end and it must be rare indeed
for anyone to find the incentive to walk the slopes
Dandrymire Viaduct from Grisedale Pike
from one end to the other. On a recent occasion when
I walked in Garsdale the A684 was closed because the
Clough had washed some of it away, which was much
appreciated. The footpaths, by-roads and quiet A684
could be combined to provide a rare, blissful experience:
an indication of what Garsdale once was and could be.
There is not much to cause a tourist to linger,
although rural architecture is always interesting. Some
This is Chapter 4 of The Land of the Lune (2nd edition), http://www.drakkar.co.uk/landofthelune.html, Copyright © 2010 John Self