The weather forecast finally said spring was coming, we headed off to a campsite near Aysgarth we had stayed at last year as again Town Ends in Aysgarth was full.
First day the sun struggled to come through until evening but it was not cold apart from the strong wind which again fizzled out.
We did a 41/2 mile walk from West Witton down to the banks of the River Ure and Redmire Force, a mini Aysgarth Falls but pretty in its own right.
Lambs everywhere, the river had harlequin duck, Merganser and yellow wagtails. A pleasant and peaceful walk.
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| BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY |
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| HARLEQUIN DUCK |
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| MERGANSER |
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| POOR SQUIRREL GOT MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR LOOKING IN THIS BOX |
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| YELLOW WAGTAIL |
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| REDMIRE FORCE |
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CASTLE BOLTON
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| ST BARTHOLOMEWS WEST WITTON |
Day two dawned hot and
sunny....at last! We did a 61/2 mile hike driving to the start at
Carlton and hiked up to Penhill with pretty views over Wensleydale
then back past a delightful waterfall at Mel beck.
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| PENN HILL |
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| GOLDEN PLOVER |
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| MEL BECK |
Last day, sunny but
cool wind back again. We did a 9 mile hike from Walden into
Coverdale. A lovely walk despite going wrong 5 times and extending
walk by 2 miles! At one point when we were tramping over the open
moor I did wonder if we were totally lost but the man done good, he
found the track we needed to get back. While we were sort of lost we
heard our first cuckoo of Spring – lovely!
A super break with
fantastic weather, what more can you ask.
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| TOAD OR FROG? |
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| ROY LOOKING FOR THE ROUTE SHEEP LOOKING FOR FOOD |
