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Route description
1. From Osmotherley head out of the village towards Hawnby and ‘Square Corner’.,
the prominent 90° turning below Black Hambleton hill. Approximately 1km past
Square Corner on the Right, take the BW (bridleway) that leads down and past
ruined farm buildings at Dale Head, along testing singletrack before a descent to
the road at Locker Wood.
2. Turn Left at the road and climb steeply to Low Cote Farm, leaving the road again
for the BW that climbs Arnsgill Ridge. At the BW junction stay Left and follow this
sandy moorland track as it heads above Scugdale before descending to the tarmac
near Crossletts Farm. Turn Right then Left up the lane which climbs to Cold Moor
and Raisedale. This excursion can be omitted but takes in one the great descents
of the North Yorkshire Moors.
3. At the top of Bleak Hills there is a multitude of tracks converging. Take the BW
which drops steeply at speed, across excellent technical terrain to Chop Gate.
4. At the B1257 road turn Left then Right, ascending the quiet lane towards Bilsdale
Hall. Climb the steep BW to the BW junction, then heading South skirting East
Bank Plantation before crossing Slape Wath Moor on excellent tracks. At a track
junction above plantations at Bransdale Moor a hidden BW heads off to the Left
along superb singletrack, descending to Colt House Farm at the small hamlet of
Cockayne.
5. Cross the lane and take the BW opposite to the sharp corner, joining the lane and
turning Right and dropping down to a group of old farm buildings on the right at
Cow Sike Lane. Opposite the farm is a track and gated BW which climbs steadily
on good tracks to Rudland Rigg.
6. At the junction turn Right and head along the BW and track shown on mapping as
Rudland Rigg. Follow this for 500 metres until a BW off to the Left (indistinct
singletrack) leads off towards Low Mill.
This is one of the best descending singletracks in the UK so keep your wits about
you and enjoy.