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Stage 3: Doeford Bridge to Burholme
Bridge
 The
FP starts at the bridge. Walk uphill following the waymarkers
to the top left hand corner of the field. Follow the old hedge
on the left, go through the double gate. The hedge on the right
leads down to the Hodder. Turn right at the farm track and walk
along the road for 300 yd to the stile. Bear left (walk due
N) across the field to meet the Hodder again. The walk following
the Hodder crosses a stile and a ford and then heads uphill
towards the wood (aim for the large dead tree). After the stile
follow the wood on the left and carry straight on to the stile
at the roadside at the top end of the wood ahead. Turn left
at the road and then right through the metal gate. The path
initially follows the road but then after the first old metal
gate gently climbs to follow the escarpment. After the second
such gate go through the double gate on the left and follow
the track to Whitewell. At the cottage on Seed Hill turn left
and walk down to the road (60 min)
 After
the Inn at Whitewell find the FP behind the stone wall on the
left; this leads to a.concessionary path through sheep pasture
which avoids walking on a particularly narrow stretch of road.
Thereafter continue along the road to Burholme Bridge (15 min).
 Walk
along the road to the wood on the left. The entrance to Reed
Barn/New Laund Farm is seen after 300 yd. The farm road passes
Reed Barn and continues to the farm complex. Just before the
farmhouse and after the barking dogs turn right up the hillside.
Carry straight on to the stile at the double gate. A well-defined
old grassy track leads to a beautiful view of the wooded Hodder
valley. The path now descends to a ladder stile over the stone
wall and continues following waymarkers to join the track to
Fair Oak (45 min).
 Turn
left at the first house and then right and left through the
farm complex. Walk across the field (bearing 250’) to
find two stiles at the top right-hand corner of the field. The
path crosses the road and carries on across the field to the
stile which lead on to the track just before Higher Greystoneley.
The grassy track leads to a lovely woodland walk, fords the
beck, carries on past Knot Barn and ends at the road close to
Leagram Mill. Cross the stile over the road and follow the hedge
on the right to the stile at the top right-hand corner of the
field. Turn right at the road for Loud Mytham and then left
at the T-junction for Doeford Bridge (55 min). |
