Gunnerside, lead mines, East Grain, Swinner Gill, Crackpot Hall, Keld, River Swale . A circular walk in the Yorkshire Dales
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2005:06:16
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Beautiful stone barns in the valley at Gunnerside.
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Gunnerside. The stone walls are a work of art.
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Gunnerside .
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Stone barns in Gunnerside .
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In the middle of village of Gunnerside 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.
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In the middle of village of Gunnerside 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.
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Remnants of lead mining start to appear, and the west hillside is covered with flowers in the spring.
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Spoil heaps from the lead mines in Gunnerside Gill.
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Gunnerside Gill.
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At the hushes there are extensive (dangerous- keep out) mine workings.
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Looking back down Gunnerside Gill from the Hushes.
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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
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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
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Sheltering from the rain. Time for a break.
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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.
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The path from Gunnerside Gill over to Swinner Gill .
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Swinner Gill Lead Mines.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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At Birk Hill we branched left to walk down the valley bottom on smooth grassy paths,.
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River Swale.
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