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Walking in the Yorkshire Dales
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11.8 miles
Gunnerside - very limited parking at new bridge on road side.
In the middle of village take path up east bank of stream. Look out for a sharp right turn just before a private garden. Continue up stream side through Birbeck Wood.
Remnants of lead mining start to appear, and the west hillside is covered with flowers in the spring.
At the hushes there are extensive (dangerous- keep out) mine workings.
At this point the path is well above the valley floor. Continue upstream at the crossroads - don't drop down here.
Looking across at Blind Gill
The path eventually reaches the stream at a small waterfall (no bridge) cross here and return by the track on the west bank, dropping down before the lime kiln to cross blind gill just below mine workings.
The path up from here is well worn, and comes out on a track just above the lead mines. Follow the track west (don't take the north branch). As the track starts to drop down into east Grain keep a sharp look out for the path that leaves the track here to follow the north side of the valley down. We followed the good path down past Crackpot Hall.
the other paths are narrower and can be slippery when wet. Here we continued on the track northwest to the bridge below Keld. Don't turn down by the riverside, continue up a steep hill before turning left at the signposts.
At Birk Hill we branched left to walk down the valley bottom on smooth grassey paths,
crossing a footbridge just before Muker, following the north bank of the river down to Ivelet
and then on to Gunnerside. Map OL30.
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