Thursday April 16th
Bingley and Ilkley Moors (Baht 'at) We were staying in a comfortable AirBnb in Bingley, discharging Grandparent Duties... but David decided to stretch his legs and scope out a walk to take Cian on by-and-by. We had spotted a footpath sign close to where we were staying close to the Five Rise Locks and closer inspection of the OS map showed that this led up, through woods, towards the open countryside and moorland via Lady Lane. A sign at the top of the path identified the woods as The Greenwood. After a somewhat combination of signed footpaths and housing estate roads, I reached Higher Hights Farm with a varied collection of piggies. Higher Heights Piggies I now found that I was on the Yorkshire Heritage and Dales High Ways, leading below a couple of reservoirs. Two named footpaths for the price of one! After a while, the Yorkshire Heritage Way appeared to morph into the Millenium Way. After crossing the Bingley Road after Weecher Reservoir I entered Bingley Moor. Welcome to Bingle...