Distance - 7 Miles
Walk Inspiration - Country Walking Magazine, July 22, Walk 20
Geocaches - 5
Other Yorkshire 3 Peaks - Whernside, Ingleborough
Third day of the long weekend and the third mountain. For my money, Pen-Y-Ghent is the most handsome of the Yorkshire 3 peaks. As its a Sunday, this is also the shortest walk of the trio. Everything is meticulously planned for maximum pleasure.
Back to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, short road walking to the Church and out into the countryside, via Horton Scar.
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| Horton-in-Ribblesdale Church, with Pen-Y-Ghent looming on it's shoulder |
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| Geocaching on Horton Scar |
There's no problem with route finding. A flagged path leads ever upwards, although its not always clear how you actually get to the top. Transpires that the path runs around the back of "the snout" and there's some hands on rock scrambling required. Nothing a 53 year fueled by a full English cannot manage.
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| Easy route finding |
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| But how do you get up the shapely snout? |
An absolute minimal amount of time on the top - once the trig point is touched, a photo is taken of a group of youth (their camera not mine, I am not a weirdo, will look on the gram for it later, OK maybe I am) and I am marching back down the Pennine Way. Super views and easy navigation.
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| Walking down the Pennine Way |
A geological feature to break up the walk. Who wouldn't want to know what happens to Hull Pot Beck? I'm unsure whether I have seen a stream disappear into nothing on a map before.
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| Nature's Magic Trick? |
Turns out it disappears into a great big hole in the ground. Where the water goes next, anyone's guess!
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| Hull Pot Beck - Side On |
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| Hull Pot - End On |
And then its just a mile and half of walking between stone walls. Every step savoured as every step brings me closer to Microsoft Teams misery.
Its been a fine weekend of good Yorkshire walking and good Yorkshire drinking.
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| The Yellow Brick Road to on-line collaboration software |
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