Yorkshire Dales walk: Austwick and Crummack Dale
I have John Craven to thank for this walk. I read that it was his favourite and, not being familiar with Crummackdale, headed off on a sunny May day to experience it for myself. What a gem it is. One of my favourite spots along the route is the lost-in-time old farming hamlet of Wharfe. Garlanded with wisteria, the manor is a fine old building with wooden door with iron studs and a huge stepped chimney.
A little further north I watched as a distant farmer on his quadbike led his sheep a merry dance as he sped across the fields presumably with food on board. On such a still day the bleating carried fully 500m across the dale. A short ascent leads up to a limestone pavement similar to the more famous one at Malham but with none of the crowds. Mini-fissures called grikes shelter and showcase tiny ferns and flowers.
The route summits at a large cairn that deserves a name and boasts a better view than some mountain peaks, extending as far as Pen-y-ghent. You'd think you'd have to work harder for such a panorama. The route finishes by passing through the Norber Erratics which are boulders deposited by melting ice sheets in the Ice Age. Earlier, from a distance, erratics more widely dotting the dale looked like crumbs scattered by a giant.
Map: OS Landranger 98 Wensleydale and Upper Wharfedale and OS Explorer OL2 Yorkshire Dales, Southern and Western Area
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