This is your chance to find Westerdale (which Joan is convinced is twinned with Brigadoon) and the source of, not one but two rivers!
We'll start from an easy to find place, the gravel heaps car park at the top of Castleton and set off along Castleton Rigg, doing our best to avoid the road to Blakey. We do have to cross it at one point to visit the "White Cross" but it does mean we can avoid Old and Young Ralph's Cross (*why they were cross has never been explained, perhaps the sheep were playing hard to get*). At this point we find the source of the River Seven, probably by stepping in it! This is the river that flows through Rosedale and Sinnington.
We cross the main road and head for Westerdale and the Eskletts, the source of the - Esk (*who would have thought it?*) In case you don't know, the Esk is the stream that gave the railway builders such fun on the way to Whitby. If our feet are still dry we follow the gravel road towards Westerdale village. From Westerdale I spoil you, the rest of the walk is by tarmacadam! We follow two small roads all the way back to the cars.

It's 10.5 miles but at least two are by road, so they hardly count!
Loos in the centre of Castleton and the Eskdale Hotel can provide a warm hospitality at the end (*or even a hot or cold one*)

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Westerdale and two rivers - 10.5 miles (but the last 2 are easy)

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Westerdale and two rivers - 10.5 miles (but the last 2 are easy)

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