9.5 Mile Circular Walk - Oakworth | Holme House | Goose Eye | Newsholme Dean | Slippery Ford | Newsholme

 

Distance: 9.7 miles

Walking: Andrew

Weather: Overcast with occasional hazy sunshine

OS Map: OL21 - South Pennines

Starting Point: Station Road, Oakworth

Photography: Andrew using Nikon D750 / Nikon 24 -70 mm f2.8

Just another aimless wander around Oakworth, really.

Clematis

Looking down Bridgehouse Valley towards Ebor Mill

A carved gatepost at a house called Throstle Nest on Keighley Road

Some nice Victorian architectural details on Keighley Road

I stood for ages watching this chap (a Roe Deer) munching away on this thick vegetation on Clough Lane

Rhododendrons and Iris in an old ornamental pond in what was originally a stone quarry before becoming part of the gardens of Oakworth House

Stinging nettles on Race Moor Lane

A selection of flowers from today's walk

Race Moor Lane

A shame to see this old iron gate has been removed, although the hinge end has rotted away

Looking across to Laycock from Race Moor Lane

Newsholme

Lower Laithe Farm

Alistair's Lodge at the entrance to Oakworth Cemetery

Crossing Newsholme Beck near Lower Laithe Farm

Mare's tails

Another game of Hunt The Footpath. 

Maybe the shorts were a bad idea. I got well and truly nettled, soaked and bitten coming up there

Lower Laithe Farm

Lower Laithe Farm

Despite appearances, this is Newsholme New Road

The hamlet (more a collection of farms) of Holme House with Goose Eye and Laycock beyond

Carr Laithe

The footpath descends steeply to a bridge over Dean Beck here

Dean Beck

Teapot Dam, Goose Eye

Now known as The Rag Mill, Brow End Mill is a Grade II listed Georgian building

The Turkey Inn, Goose Eye

The very steep Game Scar Lane heads up out of Goose Eye towards Laycock

It's nice to see the phone box preserved and repurposed as a seed exchange

Looking back into Goose Eye from Game Scar Lane

Heading back along Dean Beck

Dean Lane, Newsholme Dean

Dobfield Farm

Looking back towards Newsholme Dean

Todley Hill

Bluebell and her friends at Greensykes New Farm

Pole Stoop is believed to be an 18th century boundary stone

Keighley Moor in the distance

The view north towards Silsden

The Hitching Stone on the horizon

Track down to Greystones Lane

Another old quarry at Greystones Hill

Looking across to Slippery Ford from Greystones Hill

Far Slippery Ford Farm

Far Slippery Beck

The actual slippery ford, where Far Slippery Beck and Morkin Beck meet to form Dean Beck

Middle Slippery Ford Farm

An unusual Stile with Bottoms Farm in the distance

Looking down Dean Beck from Bottoms Farm

Cranesbill

Dean Lane is an old quarry track that leads down to Newsholme Dean

Birds foot trefoil

Yep, it's another quarry

A very old gate post, designed to have a couple of rails slotted in, rather than an actual gate.

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This tree on Cat Clough was absolutely covered with webs spun by ermine moth caterpillars. I'd never seen anything like it before.

Cat Clough

Looking back down Cat Clough

Heading up towards Newsholme

The view across to the outskirts of Keighley

Newsh

Lower Laithe Farm again

Griffe Wood

Grey Scar Road heading back into Oakworth