Search engine Google has a wonderful facility which searches its data every week (or whatever period of time you decide) and e-mails you with references to whatever you ask for. Unsurprisingly, I have it set to search for 'Settle station water tower'. Particularly useful if say you are running a business and want to know who, if anybody, is talking about you online and what is being said.
Today I went online and up popped this from the latest issue of The Jewish Chronicle - a lengthy article recommending five walks in Yorkshire, one of which was:
"Limestone Country - Settle to Clapham
Distance: 8.1 miles (with options for a shorter route)
Walking time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Difficulty: moderate
Starting and finishing in a tea room, this route takes you on a wander from Settle, along the river to a waterfall, then through glorious limestone country to Clapham.
Along the way, look out for the Settle Station Water Tower; now a private house, it once stored up to 43,000 gallons of water for steam locomotives, while horses were once stabled underneath. Constructed in stone, mortar, cast iron and glass it was built to last.
The route leads you through historic Settle, passing under a railway viaduct, and on to the Stainforth Force Waterfall, where you can spot salmon leaping up the cascades in autumn, as they journey to their spawning grounds.
You’ll also see a 17th century packhorse bridge over the River Ribble, once part of the main route through the dales between York and Lancaster, as well as woodland designated as a site of Special Scientific Interest. And if you fancy a shorter walk, there are several options to take a bus back to Settle along the way."
There is a link for full details of the route. Sounds like an amazing walk in God's Own Country and in all due modesty how delightful to have been singled out for special interest! I do hope walkers find their visit worthwhile.
https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/travel/holidays/summer-adventures-yorkshire-walking-1.517191
And a picture or two from God's OC:
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