On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:40:11 +0100, Roger <[email hidden]> wrote:
| In a moment of weakness I have bought the Tracklogs version of Explorer
| 2 (Yorkshire Dales South and West).
|
| Somewhat to my surprise this actually shows a path (not a PROW) over the
| formerly trackless waste between the lower flanks of Pen-y-ghent and
| Birkwith Cave which was previously the only bit of the route that wasn't
| previously ascertainable from the 1:25000. FWIW the list of grid
| references I provided recently follows very much the same line.
|
| The map also shows the path (again not a PROW) directly up the steep
| South face of Whernside which was at one time on the traditional route.
| I don't know whether this route is now merely discouraged or barred off
| completely but it was such a daunting climb that the longer way round
| via the East Ridge which is now the preferred route shouldn't be much of
| a hardship.
Wait till the end of November his year when the Open Access (Right to roam)
legislation will be enabled in the rest of Yorkshire.
http://62.25.96.209/leisure/openAccess/
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