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Leave the corner of the southbound slip road by its junction with the A685 at Wath, following a narrow lane signed as a Public Way. The tarmac ends at the entrance to The Gars, but the way continues through a gate ahead as an intermittently indistinct track across rough pasture. Eventually reaching the restored farmhouse at Cow Bank, it resumes as a lane. Descend towards the Weasdale Beck valley, but after 100m turn sharp right to double back across rough grazing, meeting a wall.

Follow the wall right, in time passing through a gate out of the intake. Where the wall later swings to the left, pick up a trod that rises across the eastern flank of Hooksey above Weasdale. Gaining height, the vista opens across to the Northern Pennines, while the buttress of West Grain divides the deepening valley ahead.

As the trod fades, maintain an upward slant, soon joining a more distinct quad track. Continue along the rising crest, the views revealing the complex geography of the ridges and valleys of the Howgill massif, while the more distant scene ranges from Lakeland, on the one hand, to Wild Boar Fell. Beyond the high point, the ground abruptly falls to the narrow saddle of Leathgill Bridge. The steep climb beyond is soon accomplished, the gradient suddenly easing to reveal a small pile of stones marking the summit of Randygill Top.