Only intermittent rain today. Funny how life comes to be dominated by weather when you’re exposed to the elements!
Having discovered that Haworth YHA was so far from the Way, it was much easier and more time saving to get a taxi to the start point. With hindsight and from talking to others, Ponden Hall is apparently best if one can get in there…it is also still buried ion the ‘60s, as is so much of this area.
Steep but relatively short climb onto Oakworth Moor, on a reasonably good path. A gentle walk onwards took us eventually to Lothersdale, where we had a packed lunch on the hilltop overlooking this tiny mill town, continued to be a quiet day, only meeting two other walkers, one a young lad doing a solo passage from North to South and the other a Grandfather and Grandson out for a three day walk on the moors – and looking terribly under equipped with only training shoes and no obvious wet-weather gear: good intentions can be dangerous, sometimes.
Approaching Gargrave, we followed the canal path, as it seemed more interesting. Narrow boats were using the lock system on the Leeds to Liverpool canal, with quite a few being used as permanent residences.
Overnight at the Mason’s Arms in Gargrave, with dinner in the Old Swan Inn. An interesting town, with many of the houses and shops still displaying Christmas decorations. The old Scottish word “dour” best describes our impressions. The Mason’s Arms was, however, clean and comfortable with plenty of room for drying out…unfortunately breakfast wasn’t served till 08:30 and was then very slow, setting us back over an hour and a half on our normal daily schedule…resulting in a much later arrival at Pen-y-ghent…but more, tomorrow
Having discovered that Haworth YHA was so far from the Way, it was much easier and more time saving to get a taxi to the start point. With hindsight and from talking to others, Ponden Hall is apparently best if one can get in there…it is also still buried ion the ‘60s, as is so much of this area.
Steep but relatively short climb onto Oakworth Moor, on a reasonably good path. A gentle walk onwards took us eventually to Lothersdale, where we had a packed lunch on the hilltop overlooking this tiny mill town, continued to be a quiet day, only meeting two other walkers, one a young lad doing a solo passage from North to South and the other a Grandfather and Grandson out for a three day walk on the moors – and looking terribly under equipped with only training shoes and no obvious wet-weather gear: good intentions can be dangerous, sometimes.
Approaching Gargrave, we followed the canal path, as it seemed more interesting. Narrow boats were using the lock system on the Leeds to Liverpool canal, with quite a few being used as permanent residences.
Overnight at the Mason’s Arms in Gargrave, with dinner in the Old Swan Inn. An interesting town, with many of the houses and shops still displaying Christmas decorations. The old Scottish word “dour” best describes our impressions. The Mason’s Arms was, however, clean and comfortable with plenty of room for drying out…unfortunately breakfast wasn’t served till 08:30 and was then very slow, setting us back over an hour and a half on our normal daily schedule…resulting in a much later arrival at Pen-y-ghent…but more, tomorrow
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