Nidderdale

Posted by sloeburn
17/10/15

From Middlesmoor to Scar House Reservoir.

Nidderdale, Gouthwaite Reservoir From possibly a Grouse Butt in Nidderdale Scar House Reservoir

From Dam at Scar House Reservoir Dam at Scar House Reservoir Dam at Scar House Reservoir Scar House Reservoir

 

Off the track through head-high bracken and lumpy heather to Great Haw, stopping off at this ‘Sportsmans’ Rest (Disused)’.  The boundary stone also marks the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park (Nidderdale being without).

Abandoned Sportsmans' Rest Abandoned Sportsmans' Rest Abandoned Sportsmans' Rest Moss on Great Haw Boundary stone on Great Haw

 

Return to Middlesmoor via the Nidderdale Way.  The smoke was a bonfire although there was quite a bit of heather burning elsewhere.

Nidderdale Scar Head Dam, Nidderdale Scar Head Dam, Nidderdale Nidderdale

Buzzard, kite, lots of grouse.  Barn owl before dark and hundreds of gulls on Gouthwaite Reservoir on the drive home.

Nidderdale walk route map