Teddy Tours Rear Clouts

I don’t usually do weekends, too many Grockles parking in gate holes and letting their dogs run loose which rightly winds the Joshkins up. The fine weather though tempted me out today so parked in the layby just before Stump Cross Caverns on the Grassington to Patley Bridge road 

and followed the track to Skyreholme

passing the first cup marked rock at the top of Black Hill road

seems rather odd that there’s a dry stone wall built across the top ? but the cups are superb almost like craters

carrying on along the track you're looking down Wharfdale, with heather burning on the slopes of Simons Seat

the track swings left and starts to descend to the fork

with a view to the right

the Joshkin had a flock of sheep rounded up in the field to the left so I didn’t explore that stone but carried on to the fork and through a gate into the field to find the next cup marked rock

stopped for a snicker and an apple here, with my back to the rock out of the bitter wind, I’d put my top layers on but eyes were streaming and dew drop forming 

had a closer view of the heather burn from here

headed back to the left hand fork of the track and continued along towards Eller Edge Nook with the next stones arrowed in red

 looking back down Larnshaw beck 

into the field to the first cup marked stone with a superb circle of cups as well as lots of random ones

then onto the second, with larger cups

back to the track at Eller Edge Nook and followed the fence onto the moor, looking back down the fence

and looking forward

and to the left over Breast Pits

and right to Menwith Hill

a closer look at Echelon

 I got fed up following the endless fence so climbed over and headed in the general direction of the van, you can see the road coming into view, 

 but the rocks had a pull so I followed them round

 the cliff edge just had to be explored

with Simons Seat coming back into view

and lots of Bivy spots showing up 

one of them was really sheltered from the wind, So Teddy set up the Bistro

a drip Lavazza coffee + Barbados cane sugar, Crumpets with Butter and Marmite and a Spanish Roja 

set off back down with a last look at Rear Clouts (I can feel a Bivy coming on here)

 and the electronic Voodoo Garmin spot on for the van, which was out of sight on the way down

 just thought I’d share cheers all Danny