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Roadside at Hause
Foot, Crookdale
GR: NY551054
Take bridleway over Crookdale
Bridge and go diagonally R to
gateway. R to second gateway
then L.2
At third gateway go L, follow
quad tracks along wall then
fence over Whatshaw Common.Crookdale Horseshoe
Lake District ENGLAND
15km/9.3 miles/4-5 hours
Ascent 465m/1525ft^4
SHAP FELLS aren’t popular,
having a reputation for
being featureless and boggy.
Boggy they can be; although
I walked this route at the end
of a wet and stormy March,
on the Monday following
a Friday of torrential
rain – and with a breeze
blowing it wasn’t all that
wet. There’s usually a track
circumventing the worst
bits. As for features, I saw
miles of empty country in
shadow and sun, a glittering
stream far below, a dozen
red deer, snipe, lapwing, a
lizard – and any number
of never-ending views.
There’s also eight summits.
It’s not often I have a bone
to pick with Wainwright,
but he’s guilty of short-
selling the Crookdale
Horseshoe. The OutlyingThrough gate follow fence R
over Little and Great Yarlside
to Harrop Pike.3
Cross fence, continue SW
to fence corner. Path S to
cairn on Grey Crag.4
E to fence; go R, follow to
rise just before gate and
corner. Follow faint track L over
Lord’s Seat to Robin Hood summit.5
Track drops L to gate
in wall. Through gate SE
to next gate then ridge to High
House Bank.6
From summit go NE to
wall; follow N then E to
Crookdale Bridge.Gradient profile Metres above sea level
James Deboo
expands his
horizons
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