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Cross the bridge and walk up through obsolete railway abutments (the line closed in the 1960s) to pass a nearby cottage. Follow a track up to the A66, where a path diverts left to an underpass. On the other side, turn right through a metal gate and walk across to Pasture End Farm. On reaching the farm, turn left along its boundary (Pennine Way sign for Clove Lodge) and walk up onto the moor. When the boundary wall changes direction, leave it and strike across open moorland.

Initially the way is not abundantly clear, but a path soon materialises and now leads northwards onto Ravock Moor, crossing Rove Gill and continuing through heather to the pile of stones that marks the site of Ravock Castle. Any aspirations to castle-like status are misplaced; this was probably never more than a hut or sheep enclosure, but its setting is magnificent, with the broad depression of Deep Dale ahead and the onward moor rising easily.

God’s Bridge

Descend to a prominent hut/shelter and a footbridge spanning Deepdale Beck. Pass through a gate on the other side, and then simply walk straight up the moor, parallel with a wall on the right.