Ian Battersby takes a direct route up Buckden Pike
UCKDEN PIKE is a popular climb in the Yorkshire Dales. The focal path appears to head unswervingly for its crown; but Buckden Beck is even more direct, not celebrated, and not conspicuously mapped. Its feeble trail feels like a voyage of discovery, for there are unimagined charms to enthral the adventurous, including inspiring waterfalls, amusing scrambles and imposing crags, on the way up to a ramshackle mine. Escape from the
