At high flow - and certainly when the Nidd is in spate! - the stones will be underwater and you, as Gandalf once said, "shall not pass". Trying to do so would be dangerous. This doesn't mean you have to go back and stop your adventure, though, if that's the case. Follow the river south a few minutes along the path to get to a footbridge there to get to the other side of the river.

All things aside, the stones look very pretty across the river!

Michael Tilley

July 19, 2021

Take care! Tricky to cross.

Michael Tilley

July 19, 2021

Opposite old Nidderdale railway bridge

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Location: Hartwith Cum Winsley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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