Tag Archive: dales

Mar 06 2011

Walk 24: Moor Haste, Less Speed

Conistone Moor from Kettlewell: I awoke as usual to the sound of Ennio Morricone’s famous “The Good The Bad & The Ugly” music and hit the snooze button. We hadn’t done a Sunday walk in a while and after a couple more taps on the snooze button I had to get up as time was pushing on.

Feb 26 2011

Hellifield House – Hellifield

Things were going well, Sir Edmund’s timing had been spot on, and we were back at the cars just after twelve…which meant we could be changed and in a boozer in time for the Swansea-Leeds kick off at 12.45 Having done research in advance, unfortunately none of the Malham pubs had Sky Sports, so the …

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Feb 26 2011

Walk 23: Loafing Around

Rye Loaf Hill from Malham: Never again! Never again am I going out the night before a walk, or at least not until I forget how much difference it made to getting up. I wasn’t rough as such but I didn’t have the spring in my step I usually have when it is time to ramble.

Feb 12 2011

The Station – Ribblehead (2nd Visit)

With our walking done for the day we headed to The Station for refreshments, and were greeted by a roaring log fire to warm us up. During the walk I had commented numerous times on how much I was looking forward to sampling a pork pie as the one I had last time had been …

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Feb 12 2011

Walk 22: Blea(ve) It or Not

Blea Moor from Ribblehead: It only seemed like a few weeks since we were at Ribblehead to finish our Yorkshire tops challenge, but it had been nearly five months. We prepared for the off in thick mist and things weren’t looking too clever weather wise. The little bit of rain we had on the journey had stopped and the forecast was for a dry day but it didn’t look like we would get to see much of the surrounding scenery.