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Stepping stones across the Wharfe at Bolton Abbey

The path stays with the river for a while before climbing into the wooded slopes above to a children’s adventure play area, then to follow a route through stands of beech, oak, holly and sycamore. Keep an eye open for a ‘money’ tree – a fallen tree into which people have hammered coins. They have no mystique or legendary significance, so far as I can tell.

The ongoing path undulates and finally emerges briefly onto Storiths Lane. Turn left and cross Pickles Beck by ford or footbridge, and immediately go left on a path heading back towards the river, to another path going right through a gate and onto a broad path leading to the Wooden Bridge at Cavendish Pavilion. Cross the bridge (though there is a perfectly acceptable alternative route following, and then climbing above, the true left bank of the Wharfe, meeting up with the original line at the aqueduct just south of Barden Bridge).

The coming of the railway in 1888 and the motor car in the early 20th century placed new demands on the Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Bridge, so the Cavendish Pavilion was built by the riverside to provide refreshments, and is now a popular place for visitors of all ages.