Didn't get too much sleep last night - snoring and someone got a text message in the middle of the night and really thought I had seriously injured my leg, and lay awake thinking that I would need to go to the hospital from Malham and with my leg in plaster and what I would write on my blog to announce non completion...not to fear as leg much better in the morning but pill popped just in case! Ozier troop and I went into the village for a fry up so very late setting off. It was warm and sunny so back to Summer gear and sunnies! Steve is taking most of my luggage today so light backpack which was luxury. Footpath to Thornton-in-Craven where Tricia and I picked up the Pennine way again. Initially up steep hill but then into rolling fields - so quiet and peaceful the only sounds were birdlife and animals chewing grass. Bog
field needed careful negotiation before running alongside Leead and Liverpool canal for a short distance and under an unique double arched bridge (top arch was added to allow levelling with road). We left the canal just after East Marton to go for several miles over field after field of sheep!! before crossing the railway and dropping down into a pretty Roman village of Gargrave where we stopped for a while for liquid refreshment and chocolate cake in a local pub. We then continue on uphill initially on lanes then over field. The views were fantastic from the top and a total change of scenary from the last four days, ie no moors, craggy hills and boggy expanses, but just field after field of grass,cows, sheep and lots of small copses of mixed trees. Fantastic long sweeping down hills that seemed to go on forever and which were an absolute joy to run down, even Tricia was ecstatic! Eventually crossed into the Yorkshire Dales National Park and dropped down to run alongside the river Aire. Met up with a couple walking the Pennine Way who had stayed at Earby
Youth Hostel last night - should see them again at Hawes YH in a couple of days. Continued alongside the river to Hanlith where we to
ok the lane steeply uphill past Hanlith Hall and through yet more fields to finally reach Malham. Animal Olympics festival is ongoing all week and rather bizarrly there were lots of paper mache and scarecrow creatures doing various Olympic sports dotted around the village ie polar bear doing the pole vault and penguins doing the 40k walk. It was a very busy village and after icecreams we all walked to Janet's Foss via a lovely wood and glades with a strong smell of garlic. There were many fallen trees which had been strangely "stabbed" with hundreds of coins! Joe and Lou enjoyed paddeling under the waterfall before we walked up to Gordale Scar, a huge gorge in the rocks formed in the ice age and was pretty amazing to look at. Local pub for tea again.
Mileage 13.25 time 3.30
field needed careful negotiation before running alongside Leead and Liverpool canal for a short distance and under an unique double arched bridge (top arch was added to allow levelling with road). We left the canal just after East Marton to go for several miles over field after field of sheep!! before crossing the railway and dropping down into a pretty Roman village of Gargrave where we stopped for a while for liquid refreshment and chocolate cake in a local pub. We then continue on uphill initially on lanes then over field. The views were fantastic from the top and a total change of scenary from the last four days, ie no moors, craggy hills and boggy expanses, but just field after field of grass,cows, sheep and lots of small copses of mixed trees. Fantastic long sweeping down hills that seemed to go on forever and which were an absolute joy to run down, even Tricia was ecstatic! Eventually crossed into the Yorkshire Dales National Park and dropped down to run alongside the river Aire. Met up with a couple walking the Pennine Way who had stayed at Earby
Youth Hostel last night - should see them again at Hawes YH in a couple of days. Continued alongside the river to Hanlith where we to
ok the lane steeply uphill past Hanlith Hall and through yet more fields to finally reach Malham. Animal Olympics festival is ongoing all week and rather bizarrly there were lots of paper mache and scarecrow creatures doing various Olympic sports dotted around the village ie polar bear doing the pole vault and penguins doing the 40k walk. It was a very busy village and after icecreams we all walked to Janet's Foss via a lovely wood and glades with a strong smell of garlic. There were many fallen trees which had been strangely "stabbed" with hundreds of coins! Joe and Lou enjoyed paddeling under the waterfall before we walked up to Gordale Scar, a huge gorge in the rocks formed in the ice age and was pretty amazing to look at. Local pub for tea again.Mileage 13.25 time 3.30
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