{"id":151,"date":"2013-09-02T15:29:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T15:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tathamfells.wordpress.com\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2021-05-05T11:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T10:30:59","slug":"big-stone-skyline-walk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/?page_id=151","title":{"rendered":"Big Stone Skyline Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstone-panorama-names.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-238 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstone-panorama-names-1024x201.jpg\" alt=\"bigstone-panorama-names\" width=\"640\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstone-panorama-names-1024x201.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstone-panorama-names-300x59.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The view across Wenningdale to the south-western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park can be enjoyed from the Big Stone, and from many other places in Tatham Fells. Click the image above for a guide to the skyline summits.<\/p>\n<p>The summits can be linked in a long day walk. You can view a photographic record of one such walk below, and there are some <a href=\"#note\">notes on the route<\/a> at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-151 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-260\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-260'>\n\t\t\t\tEarly morning near Bullpot Farm\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-239\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-239'>\n\t\t\t\tThe first summit: Barbon Low Fell &#8211; view over Lunesdale\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-240\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-240'>\n\t\t\t\tBarbon Low Fell &#8211; view to Kirkby Lonsdale\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-241\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-241'>\n\t\t\t\tCalf Top, looking to Sedbergh and the Howgills\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-242\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-242'>\n\t\t\t\tCalf Top &#8211; view to Dentdale\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-243\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-243'>\n\t\t\t\tCrag Hill &#8211; view back to Calf Top\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline07.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-244\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-244'>\n\t\t\t\tCrag Hill &#8211; Howgills view\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline08.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline08-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-245\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-245'>\n\t\t\t\tIngleborough from Crag Hill\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-246\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-246'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Coum summit &#8211; view back to Calf Top\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-247\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-247'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Coum &#8211; view of Howgills &amp; Baugh Fell\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-248\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-248'>\n\t\t\t\tWhernside summit Tatham Fells school was there too!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-249\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-249'>\n\t\t\t\tIngleborough from Whernside\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-250\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-250'>\n\t\t\t\tPenyghent from path down Whernside\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline14.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-251\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-251'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Coum and Whernside from the Ingleborough plateau\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-252\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-252'>\n\t\t\t\tIngleborough summit\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline16.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline16-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-253\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-253'>\n\t\t\t\tPenyghent from above Horton-in-Ribblesdale\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline17.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-254\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-254'>\n\t\t\t\tPenyghent summit\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline18.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline18-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-255\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-255'>\n\t\t\t\tPenyghent summit &#8211; view to Fountains Fell\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline19.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline19-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-256\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-256'>\n\t\t\t\tFountains Fell summit\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline20.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bigstoneskyline20-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-257\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-257'>\n\t\t\t\tReally the end! Back down off Fountains Fell, near Rainscar\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a name=\"note\"><\/a>Notes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<address>The route taken on the walk illustrated was 28 miles with 8275&#8242; of climbing (45km \/ 2530m). It included the summits named in dark blue on the skyline photo guide at the top of the page &#8211; the main fells visible from most places in Tatham Fells.<\/address>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<address>More distant summits may appear on the skyline, depending on where in Tatham Fells you stand. Great Knoutberry Hill is visible from the Big Stone, but as you go higher, others &#8211; such as Dodd Fell &#8211; appear over the shoulders of the nearer fells.<\/address>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<address>If you have lots of time and energy, you could include Gragareth (+ 4 miles \/ 350&#8242;) and Plover Hill (+ 2 miles \/ 175&#8242;) in your route, but these are really subsidiary summits of their neighbours, Great Coum and Penyghent respectively, and visiting them would necessitate some out-and-back repetition.<\/address>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<address>Other possible variants would be to use different start \/ finish points; or to omit Barbon Low Fell.<\/address>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<address>Whichever version you do, it&#8217;ll be a better way of doing the Three Peaks than trying to make a circle of them!<\/address>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The view across Wenningdale to the south-western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park can be enjoyed from the Big Stone, and from many other places in Tatham Fells. Click the image above for a guide to the skyline summits. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/?page_id=151\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-151","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1254,"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/151\/revisions\/1254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tathamfells.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}