For many years new boys at Giggleswick School had to climb Giggleswick Scar and add a stone to the large cairn called the Schoolboys Tower. Alas this tradition at one of Britain's leading public schools has been abandoned, but it's a great place for exploring caves and rocky hillsides and while you're about it you could always add a stone of your own.
LOCATION: South Yorkshire Dales
START: Settle, off A65. Town centre car park
Grid ref: SD820637 Postcode: BD249ER
DISTANCE: 6 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Forest of Bowland Landranger 98
REFRESHMENTS: Settle
EN ROUTE: Stackhouse, Dales Way, River Ribble
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News