Trespassing in Kidstypike's domain!
One dark and sleety night around last january, i was studying a map of Bowland and my attention was drawn to a car park near Little Crag, just South of Caton, for the bagging of an unticked tick in the form of Caton Moor. Various circumstances and distractions meant that this was put on tne back burner for a while.
Earlier this week, the opportunity finally cropped up and the back burner was turned off.
I picked R Kidd up in Kendal and we hurtled down the M6 to Caton and , more sedately behind what apeared to be some kind of space vehicle, but was probably something to do with haymaking, to the lttle parking spot in question.
To be fair, its a daft spot from which to bag caton Moor, but is ideally placed for a more serious round of some Bowland biggies to the South and East (back burner switched back on again)
So we walked down the lane to Littledale and followed a bonny path through woodland and pastures along Littledale, past a derelict chaapel (used as a barn) to Deep Clough farm and then Winder farm.
A bit further on, we decided that the path was taking its time to deliver us to a reasonable jumping-off spot for the top and we hopped over the barbed wire on to the moor and headed for the trig.
On a less hazy day, it would be quitea fab view - Morecambe Bay, Lakes, Howgills, Dales and Bowland all spread out - I should imagine. We had a vague sort of view of some sand, a power station, some wind turbines and all Three of the Three Peaks.
We used the access track to the turbines to reach the road, and followed the lanes back to the start.
Quite anice walk. daft start (if you do this, dont start where we started - loadsa flowers, a bit sweaty weather, though.
9 Miles and 1300 feet of uphill.