LEYBURN AT CRAKEN HOUSE FARM CARAVAN SITE 29.7.22

 A few days at another new campsite near Leyburn. After comprehensive instructions from a very enthusiastic host, we walked the mile into Leyburn across the fields and enjoyed a look round the pretty market town. Found the fish and chip shop for later when Roy came back for our dinner.

the water man!

afternoon tea and cake

Saturday saw us waking up to rain which managed to stop for us to walk again into Leyburn for a paper and back for coffee. Hoping the weather improved we set off in car and parked at Cover Bridge and enjoyed a pleasant four and half mile loop walk along the River Cover and back along fields full of cows, sheep and horses via East Witton, another pretty village. How lucky were we, it stopped as we set off and started again when we got back to the van!

                                                                WHEAT FIELD READY FOR HAARVEST

                                            STEPPING STONES OVER RIVER COVER

                                        SWIMMING HOLE

                                            ROY AT HULLO BRIDGE

                                            OTHER SIDE OF HULLO BRIDGE

                                            RIVER COVER

                                            COVER BRIDGE AND PUB

After an evening and night of pouring rain and a recurring leak in our van appearing, we woke to more rain and mopping. Roy sorted out where leak is, which he's not been able to find before. Sorted by altering level of van and fixed until we return home.

We drove to Askrigg and did a lovely circular 7 mile walk, a stretch of the River Ure, past Nappa Hall before traversing the slopes below Ellerkin Scar. We then visited Whitfield Gill Force and did a bit of a sidetrack to try see the top of the mighty Force but after a slippy muddy trek we only got as far as seeing it through trees. Magnificent with huge amounts of water flowing down.

                                            PANORAMA OF HILLS AND RIVER URE WITH ROY

 THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STEPPING STONES! GOOD JOB NOT OUR WAY

NAPPA HALL

            A TINY CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE ALWAYS OPEN

THE SECRET COVERED PATH OF SILENCE LEADING TO CHURCH

                                                LUNCH SPOT

                        ELLERKIN SCAR IN BACKGROUND

                                                        WHITFIELD GILL FORCE PHOTOS

                                    THE TRICKY PATH TO THE FORCE

                            THE FORCE SEEN THROUGH THE TREES

                                                                    AALMOST BACK

Our last day and the sun shone with a lovely breeze. We walked from the campsite to do the Leyburn, Preston - under - scar and Wensley 7 mile circular walk. A lovely start along Leyburn Shawl, a limestone escarpment which runs for 2 miles and shows panoramic views towards Penhill and Coverdale Fells. The Shawl is mentioned as the route taken by Mary Queen of Scots whilst making an unsuccessful attempt to escape her imprisonment in Bolton Castle in 1586.

 

                                                  PANORAMA FROM LEYBURN SHAWL

                                                ROY ACROSS THE BARLEY FIELD

                                                  ANNE ON ?DISUSED WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY

                                                    BOLTON HALL

                ANNE IN A SQUEEZE GATE - NOT BUILT FOR LARGE PEOPLE

                                        YORKSHIRE DAY TODAY! 

END OF ANOTHER LOVELY TRIP AWAY!

BARNARD CASTLE TRIP CONT. 9.7.22 OLD RAILWAY AND RIVER TEES WALK

Another beautiful, sunshine day. An easy walk Roy said, along the old Tees railway and the a walk along the River Tees. We did about 7 miles.

We walked from the campsite and then got on the wrong railway track, and came out to main road near Cotherstone where a lovely man explained there are two lines! Walked through the village and found the path down to the river, however the Teesdale way does not go along the River Tees! We did have a lovely walk which finished going through the grounds of Lartington Hall. Really random photos for our last day!

SCUR BECK

LARTINGTON HALL

LARTINGTON POND

LARTINGTON DUCKS

PRETTY TREE IN THE GROUNDS

BARNARD CASTLE TRIP CONT 7.7.22 HIGH FORCE AND UPPER TEESDALE CIRCULAR WALK

At last a day of summer, 23oC wall to wall sunshine and a gentle breeze.

We drove to High Force Hotel and did a 10 mile walk, first to see the top of High Force which was spectacular, then through upland pasture and more desolate upland landscape of Thistle Green descending to the River Tees and following its course with a final leg through farmland. Don't you just love cows, we couldn't get them to move as they were blocking the gate, so we climbed over the fence and shooed them with my poles, they didn't move much so we shot up the hill away from the young ones and their mothers. Almost back and more cows and these followed us to the gate, our pace got faster and faster!

A super day!