Club members wishing to participate in the short walk should remain on the bus on arrival in Kettlewell.

This walk is a linear walk commencing from the car park in Buckden and the bus will continue to this location after dropping off all other club members in Kettlewell.

Again, there are good toilet facilities in the car park at Buckden which will be available to use prior to commencing the walk.

In the main this is a downhill walk following the River Wharfe as it runs downstream. There is in total 30 metres of ascent and 80 metres of descent over the 7.5 miles of the walk.

We pick up the Dales Way around 200 metres from the car park in Buckden and initially head upstream in the direction of Hubberholme. The path leads onto a quiet road for the last few hundred yards into the village.

The George Inn is located by the bridge over the river in Hubberholme and if we walk over the bridge there are some seats overlooking the river which may well provide a good location for a short break.

This is quite a well known location for painters specialising in the use of water colours as they seek to replicate the image of the bridge with the pub in the back ground.

We re-join the Dales Way and although we re- trace our steps back along the path for about a mile the route does offer a very different perspective to that experienced on the walk up to Hubberholme.

We cross the road near Buckden and continue along the Dales Way on our way to back to Kettlewell.

 

We walk through the village of Kettlewell before picking up a path which leads us to Hags Dyke and then on to the top of Great Whernside. Weather permitting this is a good location for our first break. This  first part of the walk is slightly challenging, however it will be taken at a slow pace, there is no rush.

When we look back on this section of the walk we get some fantastic views of the valley below.

From the top of Great Whernside we continue along the ridge passing Blackwell Craggs with good views of Angram and Scar House Reservoirs to our right. As we reach Nidd Head we turn left heading down to the cattle grid following the path passing disused mine workings on our right then onto Cam Head before dropping down into Starbotton.

Here we pick up the Dales Way and complete the final 2 miles of our walk back to Kettlewell.

This walk follows the route of the medium walk until we reach Nidd Head when we continue along the ridge for about a mile before picking up a path to our left which takes us back towards Hem Gill Shaw and then on to the cattle grid. The walk then picks up the route the medium walkers have taken for around a mile before turning right to take in Starbotton Out Moor, Starbotton Fell then turning left passing Knuckle Bone Pasture before dropping down to Starbotton.

We then cross the footbridge which takes us onto the Dales Way and back to Kettlewell.