You can eat breakfast first in Skipton if you like, but make your way to the very end of Short Bank Road early. Here you will find the beginning of a bridleway and the start of your walk. (see pic.)

Head uphill for about 200 yds. Watch your step as a lot of dogs with non-plastic bag carrying attendants, use the path too. Reach the start of a wood.

At this point, look left and walk to the other side of the drystone wall. (Listen out for woodpeckers here.) Turn right (see pic.) and head uphill for another 200 yds. keeping the wall on your right.

You arrive at a small step stile, right; over into a bigger path. Turn left

Now follow the main pathway, seen here. Ignore the wood stile on the right
(see pic.) but be aware that this is your exit point on the return trip. Enjoy the view over to your left, down over Embsay.

Although you have several miles to go, this is a fairly straightforward and undemanding journey into Addingham.

You will go through several gates and openings along your route towards Addingham.

Climb over this stone stile (see pic.) at SE 040511. Cross the road, (You can admire the large milestone on the left of the next gate, indicating distances to Skipton and Addingham, as well as information sculpted on it's side.) to go through the next gate. Continue this track.

Even before you get to this gate (see pic.) you should have good clear views of the Chelker Reservoir and it's four wind turbines. Once through this gate the path lurches a little to the right, and once through the next gate it is virtually a straight route, albeit a muddy one, downhill to Addingham.

You have a choice here :~ (see pic.) Follow the path down to the gate, cross the busy road (A65) and go down Parsons Lane and Moor Lane turning right at the bottom. (Then left)

You can eat in any of the many pubs along the high street.
Or there is a choice of two fish and chip shops.
But be warned a detour into Addingham from here will add another mile onto your distance.

Or :~ continue along the roadway following the direction of the chevron, to the right and walking along the road for a short distance until you reach this point. (see pic.) At SE 063498

Turn right here and walk up this lane. You are now on the return trip back to Skipton.

This is the first gate you meet. (see pic.) The sign says Public Bridleway. There are two large metal gates either side of it.

Once through, follow the paved slabs of stone along the green way, creaming left until you find yourself herded into what feels like a sheep drive, through a ricketty 3/4 sized wood gate and the Millenium Way.

Here at SE 046492 go through the large metal swing gate. (see pic) Turn immediately right heading up the road to Draughton. (Don't sit on the bench on the crossroads and then start off along Cringles Lane!!)

This quiet road leads you eventually down to Bank End. You will see an outcrop of rock on your right, pass a junction on the left to arrive at the next instruction.

The surrounding area to all gates here is particularly well trodden and awash.
Next you have one large metal gate (use the space on the right to squeeze past) and then one large wood diamond gate to navigate through.

About 100 yards before the building, take the stone stepped stile from right to left, (just past a water tub) then walk directly towards the building, and use the two stepped stone stile (with crossbar) onto the farmhouse driveway. (see pic.)

Walk down the drive (ignore the PF into their garden and past the greenhouse) continue till you reach a large open metal gate (about left/centre of this pic.) on your right, and go through here.

Keep to the right of a low wall, where there is a small stile. Cross the stile and go down the steps, leaving the two sets of buildings behind. You should be at SE 025500 and able to see this now. (see pic.) . Go over the stream, up the steps, and through this gate, up the slope, and keep the main clumps of gorse on your right. (keep an eye open for the wild peacock here) At the very end of the gorse, and with the building of High Edge directly at your right, make for SE 024500, crossing a very small gully. Head about 20 degrees to your right.

Now if you can, follow the path heading towards the drystone wall in the distance, to a stream. Then look along it for a distressed and poorly maintained wood bridge at SE 023501, and cross the water. Head uphill and aim for the drystone wall left of a small hillock.

Cunningly hidden is this pathetic gate. (see pic.) Situated at SE 022502. (The O.S. map has it at SE 021503?) It is the only way to get onto the other side of the wall and to use the Public Footpath.

You will need to lift it up and over the rock that is holding it shut. Please ensure you close it, and watch your head on the barbed wire too! Once through, turn left and head for Skipton Pits. This is excellent heathland.

You will be able to make out some ruins over to your right. North. Near Trig. point 373.

Notice another footpath coming from behind the wall at SE 010504, and joining you; turn right and head downhill towards this direction post. (see pic.)

You will continue downhill from the post. Keep your eyes peeled for a drystone wall down and over on the left, this has a stile and gate visible from a good distance. Eventually you meet a large track at SE 009507; at this "T" junction: turn left and head downhill.

Later along, the path splits, (see pic) so take the left path towards the wall and the pointed outcrop (top left of this pic.)

Further downhill is this short direction post near a drystone wall. Turn right past it. (see pic.) Mud is prevalent here.

You may remember this wood stepped stile that you went past at instruction 3? Cross over this (see pic.) at SE 004510. and turn left. Continue the reverse route back downhill to the starting point.

Congratulations.