Semer Water loop - 4 miles
Taken from the book: Walks Hawes & Wensleydale This great little walk starts and finishes at Semer Water. It takes you through the hamlets of Marsett (where Brian Cowper’s son Tommy runs away from home in the middle of snowstorm in The Dark Hours) and Stalling Busk, through the ruins of the 18th Century Stalling Busk Old Church and a beautiful nature reserve before bringing you back to the shores of Semer Water. So if you’re going on a warm day, you can be like Harry and go for a cooling dip afterwards (be warned though, it is quite shallow for a good while and very stony so best to have something on your feet as you wade in). You can park on the lake shore and buy a parking ticket from Low Blean Farm (there’s a hi-tech honesty box, pen and paper system in place on the farm gate, although the farmer will often also come out to say hello). From Semer Water, walk over the bridge and take a left through a small gate signposted Marsett Lane. Follow the path here through a small wood