The Grey Panthers

9.4 miles.

Explorer Map No OL30, - Yorkshire Dales (North)

A really wonderful walk, taking you from Wensleydale up to Wether Fell by the Cam Road, then down into the small farming community of Marsett. After crossing Ray Dale to Stalling Busk, the return to Bainbridge is via Semer Water and the River Bain.
The views are exceptional.
There is some climbing, though the gradients are fairly reasonable, and there is a somewhat steepish descent to Marsett.
Navigation is of no trouble, though iyt would help to have the 1:25000 map to hand rather than a 1:50000 scale map.
If you do this walk on a fine day, you will remember it for a long time.

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(Overlay made with Version 5 of Memory Map)

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Start from the centre of Bainbridge (SD93357 90150). There is a stretch of road near the village school where you can park without being too much in the way.
Head South West out of Bainbridge on the minor road that leads to Countersett.
After a few hundred yards, you come to the Cam Road, - an ancient walled track that was once a Roman Road. Head on up the Cam Road until you come to the minor road that crosses it at Four Lane Ends.
Turn left here, heading downhill along Crag Side Road.
At a point where there is a sharp left-hand bend in the road, a signposted track takes upwards under Green Crag and Green Scar.
You pass through two stone walls, and when you come to the third one there is a sinposted footpath that takes you steeply downhill to Marsett.
Enyer Marsett village, and then take the signposted track to Stalling Busk. This starts out as a walled lane, and crosses Raydale Beck and Cragdale Water via two footbridges. Then follow a grassy footpath uphill to Stalling Busk.
From Stalling Busk, descend down to Semer Water via the signposted footpath, passing the ruins of the old church on your left.
When you reach the road at Low Blean Farm, turn left to Semer Water Bridge.
Here, there is a footpath on your right that initially runs along the River Bain, and eventually arrives back in Bainbridge.