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Ingleborough
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Standing within the Yorkshire Dales National
Park at 723 metres, Ingleborough can be reached by various
routes from Clapham. ~
At the summit, views are stunning, looking
across to Ribblehead Viaduct, to Whernside and Pen-y-ghent
and southwest to the sea. ~
Strangely, the summit is flat and was a hill
fort when the Brigantes resisted the Roman invaders.
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As with any walk, respect the hill and equip
yourself properly. Get a weather
forecast here.
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Limestone Country
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Miles of dry stone walls enclose the fields.
Great grey cliffs stand above the dales and below Ingleborough. ~
Limestone pavements weathered to look like the
sea provide a home in their grykes or cracks for ferns and other
damp loving plants. ~
A variety of bird life can be seen. In the air
are buzzards, wheatears, curlews and lapwings, while dippers
run and swim up the becks.
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Norber Boulders
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Twelve thousand years ago, glaciers scooped up
massive Silurian rocks from the floor of Crummackdale and carried
them uphill to Norber where they were left when the ice retreated.
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Now this sea of erratic boulders covers the landscape,
some perched on plinths of limestone. |
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Trow Gill
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The melt waters of the Ice Age created this spectacular
ravine. It makes a good turning round point for a short walk
or pass through it to reach Gaping Gill where Fell Beck falls
104 metres into a chamber said to be large enough to hold York
Minster.
~ On the two main Bank Holidays, local
caving clubs, who are very active throughout the year, offer
to winch members of the public down, and up!
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Based in the village is the Cave
Rescue Organisation which serves people and animals above
and below ground across a wide area of the Dales. |
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Ingleborough Cave
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Conducted tours lead you through a most exciting
and beautiful underground world of stalactites and stalagmites,
sculpted by nature over millions of years.
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See the Elephant's Legs and Tail, the Skittles
and Pillar Hall. The cave is open most of the year, but check
by phoning 015242 51242. Click here
to go to the Cave web-site. |
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The Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail leads you
from the old sawmill, past the lake, and up the valley through
woodland and wild flowers, until you come into open space below
Thwaite Scars, very close to Ingleborough Cave. ~
Since the trail's creation in 1970, it has continued
to mark the conservation of woodland and celebrates Reginald
Farrer (1880-1920) who introduced many alpine species from China,
Tibet and Upper Burma. ~
The trail includes an amazing collection of rhododendrons.
Click here for a map. |
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