Ingleton, Yorkshire Dales
A few reminders of our weekend
THE USUAL SUSPECTS...
- Barrie "Pole position, no traction control, 7 second pit stop" Astbury
- Charlie "A walk devoted entirely to waterfalls?! Cool!!" Grant
- Pete "I managed to get a pass-out this time but you better count me out for November" Smith
- Simon "No trousers" Piercy
- Tim "Can anyone see a path?" Spate
- Steve "I've brought a Pot Noodle (well, Aldi-Noodle); I love a bit of big, thick sausage; These brown trainers are trendy!; The sleeves are meant to be that short - it's the fashion; I won this shirt in a competition and I've got another one just like it that my brother was given down the pub and he gave it me for my birthday; I think I get paid too much for what I do and I've even told that to my boss; You change the tyre and I'll take the photos; I wonder if haddock pasty will be on the menu tonight?" Barker
The Place
The Accommodation
Friday
Pub Walk
(Thanks to Tim for this and the other maps)
After quite a long walk and a couple of pubs, we find one to eat in ...
Steve loving his big sausage
A full bottle of vinegar reminds us of our absent-for-the-second-time-in-a-row friend, Dave "Sorry guys - last minute trip across The Pond with the Missus" Noble
(Thanks to Steve for this and a few other photos)
Onto the next pub ...
Back benchers
Crappy erm... I mean, trendy trainers
"That's another fine mess you've gotten me into!"
Ingleborough Walk
Looking sheepish
Bench plaque
Studying the proposed route (as opposed to the one we ended up doing!)
The white-haired old man (he must have been at least 103) stomped past us on the way up and met us later, while we were still ascending, jogging his way down again! I bet he doesn't eat Pot Noodles (although I bet he's had a few haddock pasties in his time)
Last remnants of snow
At the summit, above the clouds - with an occasional very brief, hazy view of the valley below
Trig point (the first time around!)
Steve attempts to venture out into the Pot Noodle world ... how foolish - a certain other person once tried to emulate the great Pot Noodle King - and failed miserably (remember Pete "Straight-in-at-the-Bombay-Bad-Boy-level" Smith?) It didn't help that Steve, for fear of being further hounded for taking too long to get ready, only half-boiled his flask water - with disastrous results (although he still ate it!)
And here is the afore-mentioned King (apologies for the worst-ever Piercy Pot Noodle pic, all because the photographer could not be ars*d to get up from his sheltered perch)
Toad
Gaping Gill
... and here's what it looks like from the inside (library photograph)
Sign
Tunnels
Falls view
Horny sheep (just how Pete likes them)
In the evening we stuck to the one pub for the night - see the vast collection of whisky they had to offer
Card Ace (6) -v- Belly Buster (2)
Sunday
Ingleton Waterfalls Trail
Viaduct (disused)
6 x £4.50 (that's £1 a mile!)
Money tree
Photos and videos from the walk
... and for comparison, here is what they look like when there is more water in the rivers
(Thanks to Simon for these two photos from 2004)
So, unloaded all the gear, changed the tyre over to the skinny 'get-me-home' 50 mph spare
The damage - not one but TWO screws, one in the inner wall and one central
With help from Simon's GPRS internet connection and Charlie's sat nav, we found a Kwik Fit open in Skipton and soon got a new tyre, before heading home
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PUZZLE TIME
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In another pub, we find a dart board
Saturday
Strelley-water pump?
The Usual Suspects
We loaded up the car and set off for home, only to very quickly discover that we had a rear near-side puncture!
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