Rambly Andy: Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle via Fountains Fell and Malham

The moment I devised this route I knew it would be a splendid day out and I wanted to do it at the first available opportunity. Gladly a sterling day presented itself, and away I went.

I started by taking the first train from Settle up to Horton in Ribblesdale...

Pen-y-Ghent looms over Horton in Rib

The eponymous Brackenbottom ascent. on reflection the better route from Horton to Fountains Fell is the bridleway further South but one lives and learns. When I'm at full fitness I think I'd want to incorperate Pen-y-Ghent summit into this route also...

I never tire of Pen-y-Ghent. Then name is Cumbric, Cumbric is closer to Welsh so I pronounce it pen-uh-ghent, but that's just me...

approaching the upper reaches of Fountains Fell, Buckden Pike on the horizon

Photos don't really capture the setting of Fountain's Fell, but it really is in a remarkable position and the views punch well above it's weight, you have all the Wharfedale Peaks on one side, the Three Peaks on the other, the views reach West as far as the sea and up to more Northern peaks that I can't name yet. It's a fantastically situated peak.