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Saturday, and folks were out in force on Pen y Ghent. |
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I must have passed about 50 people. |
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Glad I brought my crampons. The southern descent was steep and icy. |
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Heading up again... |
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...to the cairns atop Fountains Fell. |
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And down again... |
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...to Malham Tarn. |
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At this point I decided to skip Malham Cove, because I had seen it before on my Yorkshire Dales adventure. |
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Instead I took a detour down the Gordale Scar. |
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The two lads in the previous photo were a bit dubious as to how I was going to get down the waterfall with my pack. |
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My feet were aching....I was in no mood to backtrack. |
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Surely my can do attitude would see me down right? |
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Upper section of the waterfall. |
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Well...those lads were right. There was no way I was climbing down this with my pack on, so I ended up winging it down into the waters along with my hiking poles. |
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An impressive sight. |
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Heading into Malham where I stayed at River House B&B. |
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The next day saw me following the River Aire for a while, then crossing it at the town of Gargrave, along with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. |
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Lots of farmland today. |
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Rejoining the canal again at East Marton. |
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Slogging through yet more farmland... |
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...before the final ascent of the day up Pinhaw Beacon. |
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Where I camped. |
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Lothersdale. |
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Ickornshaw. |
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Bronte country. |
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Ickornshaw Moor was particularly bleak. |
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Ponden reservoir. |
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Stanbury Moor. |
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Top Withens. |
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I was expecting to set up my trailstar, but there was a bothy here. Bonus! |
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