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The Barbon Inn Trail
Ride
Day One
On leaving Low Haygarth we ford the river and follow a
bridleway along the fell side down the beautiful Cautley valley,
towards the small town of Sedbergh. At times the river runs in a
deep gill to the side of our track. We skirt Sedbergh via a
network of small lanes to the hamlet of Millthrop, where we cross
the Dent road to Abbotholm and lunch.
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We then climb a steep track
up Holme Fell, which offers wonderful panoramic views of the
area.
We descend into the Lune Valley, where we follow the River
Lune for a short stretch, before crossing farmland to Middleton
Hall Farm.
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We then ride some lovely lanes to the village of Barbon, where we spend the night at the Barbon Inn, a 17th
Century coaching Inn, renowned for its good food.
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Day Two
We depart from Barbon, going behind its Church into the
parkland of Barbon Manor, where we take a bridleway through
beautiful woodland before emerging into Barbondale itself, a
lovely dale with steep sided fells on both sides. At the top of
the dale is the hamlet of Gawthrop and Combe Scar, known to be a
nesting site of the rare Peregrine Falcon.
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There are wonderful
views of Dentdale before us, a dale noted for its picturesque
beauty. We follow a gated lane by the River Dee until we cross it
and climb the fell behind Gate Manor, onto the old golf course.
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This offers us some lovely views of Sedbergh and the Howgill
Fells. We descend via Hollins Lane, to skirt the town and follow
our original bridleway up to Cautley valley that will lead us
back to Low Haygarth.
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Available from May - October
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