I've noticed there's a few, on here, who like walking, so I thought I'd recommend a walk we've just done in the Yorkshire Dales. Basically it's leaving the car at Ribblehead, walking to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, and on to the top of Pen-y-Ghent, 700 metres. Kip there overnight and then down the other side, pretty dangerous & not for small kids, and walk to Malham Tarn, Malham Cove and on the Malham village. Then take the bus/train back to Ribblehead or, if you're lucky like we were, get a lift from someone going there to look at the viaduct It's fantastic and there are pubs halfway, the Golden Lion at Horton, and at the end, the Buck Inn in Malham. It's about 25 miles through some of the most beautiful & varied scenery in Britain
Hi Smug did you bother using a tent or just kipped in bags on a mat. If you can find a dry spot theres nowt like waking up on the top and having bacon ant tommy sandwiches watching the sun come up.
Sounds good like although too far for me even over a couple of days. Ha ha did the 6 mile or so coastal walk from whitby to robin hoods bay a few years ago. Very pleasant walk with pub at the bay for a couple before getting bus back.
Do you know the story of the great Terry-Thomas ?. He always had a picnic hamper when he was out in the wild filming, and one day himself and Lionel jeffries got stuck into his hamper. There was cooked ham, chicken etc and a bottle of nice champagne and they scoffed the lot as Lionel said in a documentary. I walk about 12 miles a week on foot paths in Sunderland.
Billy nice one mate Smug, I love walking, done a few mountains in the Lakes and Scotland, did the Malham area when I was at school. Beautiful scenery.
We had a tent, my son & his mate just had bags. Before we went to bed I took 2 big flat rocks off the top of the drystone wall and put them over the fire. (Obviously replaced them the next day.) Me and our lass had them in bed and they kept warm for hours It was a full moon on Tuesday night and it rose big and red as we settled down, it was amazing when the sun rose the next morning.
We were hoping for one but the full moon was so bright you could only see the major stars mate. We're going to do that 'black night' thing in Northumberland this winter. That's the one where you camp out at the furthest point from any light sources, on a moonless night, and gawp at stars 'n stuff ... ... sounds mental
No, sounds awesome Smug. Spent many a night sleeping out on a beach by the Red Sea out in Saudi staring up at the night sky! Once seen never forgotten!
The best thing I've ever seen mate. On the coast to coast every night was clear, slap bang in the middle of Cumbria was just magical, I fell asleep that night with my head sticking out of my tent. Must have seen two dozen shooting stars that night fella no s**tting. I can't describe it, almost too grand for the brain to comprehend. The only other thing to truly take my breath way was the WW1 battlefields in northern France and Belgium.
The first time you see a shooting star you it's like wow, but after a few seconds you doubt yourself. Did I just see that? Then you see another, and then another. And after a while it's just another shooting star. That's what a total black sky is like. It's just afterwards that you think, whoa, that was awesome!
I walk to the shop, sometimes, but not if i can help it, nee fun get chased of a pack of street dogs. Bastards, wish they'd eat more of them.
On the Coast to Coast, depending on the stop offs, it was anything from 16 miles to 24 miles per day. On day walks I like to do a minimum of 10 miles but don't get to go much these days as my ma is too old and busy and she's my only transport out into the countryside.
