WALKING IN WENSLEYDALE

VIEW FROM SITE

 Monday 23rd August 2021

Drove our newly bought Kia Sorento car with caravan to Blackburn Farm Campsite Gayle near Hawes for four nights.

A beautiful day, campsite very small and quite basic but had electric hook up, toilets and shower but no TV signal.

Had a walk into Hawes which was very busy, and booked The Crown for a meal for our last night.

DAY ONE HIKE UP GREAT SHUNNER FELL - 9 MILES

Cloudy day but warm, we did a walk Roy has wanted to do for a while, me - never again!

We took the Hearne Cole road up from Hardraw where we parked and spent an hour and a half ploughing up boggy land and lack of track, finally we connected with the Pennine Way and the rest of the climb to the top was fine. Good views of the Three Peaks and the distant Lakeland hills. 

A long walk down on the Pennine Way to the finish, we missed out on looking at Hardraw Force as I seemed to have an ache in most parts of me! 9 mile hikes are not for me anymore!

FUNGI TIME

TINY BUTTERFLY/MOTH

UP ON THE HEARNE COAL ROAD

TOP OF SHUNNER FELL

AND FOOD!

DISTANT THREE PEAKS

DOWN ON THE PENNINE WAY

DON'T KNOW WHY I'M LOOKING SO CHEERFUL, KNEES LEGS ETC ACHING!

DAY TWO SEMERWATER CURCUIT AND SNAIZEHOLME SQUIRRELS

 

A  lovely relaxing day, four mile walk round Semerwater , the second largest natural glacial lake in Yorkshire, Hornsea Mere the first.

Remote from civilization as the only way to it follows narrow and tiny country lanes that climb and descend steeply through grand Yorkshire countryside from Bainbridge.

Back early so we headed to Snaizeholme,  a Red Squirrel viewing area created by Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and local landowners. A two and half mile circular trail through beautiful woods to a viewing area in the wild.

They were such fun, watching them feeding, then chasing each other up and down the trees.

A good day!

STALLING BUSK RUINS CHURCH

SEMERWATER

VIEW FROM RED SQUIRREL ROAD

MY MAN AND HIS ICE CREAM

DAY THREE WETHER FELL AND BARDALE WALK 7 MILES

A cooler day with a north wind but sun still popped out a times. We drove to Marsett and hiked high up to the High Cam road, a Roman road leading all the way to Wether Fell. We didn’t actually get to the trig point, but the route took us back down into Bardale with its beck and mini gorge. Another good day!

No cooking tonight! we're off into Hawes for a meal!

Home tomorrow to go to see Olly Murs!

WETHER FELL ON THE RIGHT LONG WAY TO GO

HIGH CAM ROAD, A ROMAN ROAD LEADING UP WETHER FELL

LUNCH SPOT AT BARDALE HEAD

ON THE WAY DOWN BARDALE

BARDALE BECK

BARDALE BECK FALLS INTO A MINI GORGE

BARDALE BECK AND THE FELLS WE'VE JUST WALKED