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Ilkley Moor, Twelve Apostles And The Cow And Calf
The Walk: Above the West Yorkshire spa town of Ilkley is the vast upland expanse of Rombalds Moor. Sections of the moor are sub-named in deference to their local settlement and it was to Ilkley Moor I climbed from the West View Park car park just off Wells Road. It was a beautiful day and I set off with eager anticipation of a good day out. Ilkley Moor is a mass of heather and gritstone which forms a bulky boundary between the prominent West Yorkshire valleys of Wharfedale and Airedale. Man has wandered the moor for centuries leaving evidence everywhere including the Swastika Stone and many cup markings in the local gritstone. I had visited the Swastika Stone on my previous walk on the moor which had also included a visit to the mysterious Doubler Stones. On that occasion I had missed out the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle and the Cow and Calf Rocks. This time I had them firmly plotted on the route plan.
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