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Leave the Bull Beck car park and return to the Lancaster-to-Hornby road, walking east, away from Caton, for about 100m. Take care against approaching traffic on this short stretch – the road is busy and high-speed.

As the road bends to the left, leave it by crossing a step-stile on the right, to the left of a metal gate. Walk up-field to a mid-field waymark, and from it cross to an obsolete step-stile at an old field boundary. Now head across a sloping pasture to the far corner of the field, where a metal kissing-gate gives onto a narrow path leading out to an estate road on the edge of Brookhouse. Turn left to a T-junction and go left again, walking uphill beside the road. After about 400m, on reaching a speed de-restriction sign, leave the road at a footpath sign by crossing a step-stile on the right.

Tight-fit squeeze-stile, Annas Ghyll

Now walk up a shallow groove along an old field boundary flanked by ancient hawthorns, an oak and an ash. Cross the high point of the pasture, with improving views, and continue in the same direction, still following the course of an old track. Aim for a stile in a wall, and from it go forward along the left-hand field beside a fence. When the fence changes direction, keep on in the same direction, down a sloping pasture to a wall corner.