Yorkshire Dales weekend 2017 (2)
Day 2 Kettlewell - Litton - Arncliffe - Kettlewell
Ken's plan for today was for us to leave Upper Wharfdale and walk over the hill to Littondale. It was to be the first test of our legs, lungs and equipment. Several "photo opportunities" were required - even our leader seems to be drawing breath here - or was he just open-mouthed at the view?:
It wasn't too tough really and soon we were on the plateau on the march to the trig point, where we gathered for our first team photo:
The walk down the other side was pretty steep but we made it to the Queens Arms in Litton about lunchtime. It was a fairly brief stop as we had planned to walk along the riverside to the next village (Arncliffe) for another refreshment before tackling the hike back over the hill to Kettlewell.
Wet feet were the order of the day as we got near the Falcon Inn, with underground springs flooding our path:
The Falcon Inn was the original Woolpack, as seen in the TV series Emmerdale:
Another beer there plus a quick bite and then we were off further along the valley floor, heading towards a lower part of the ridge to climb. First we had to get across the river:
The lesser height of the ridge further down Littondale made the climb fairly comfortable, but there were one or two technical bits on the way down. Unfortunately, the battery on my phone failed and so I don't have full Strava stats for the walk, which had originally been estimated by Ken at 10-12 miles. Stewart's fitbit, however, calculated the distance as nearer to 15 miles, but there were a lot of careful mini-steps on both descents, so probably the higher end of Ken's estimate might have been nearer the mark.
After some rest and relaxation - mostly hot baths - we crossed the road to have dinner in the Blue Bell Inn. Whilst it has a nice selection of 8 real ales, the food was generally on the poor side of standard pub fare.
It wasn't too tough really and soon we were on the plateau on the march to the trig point, where we gathered for our first team photo:
The walk down the other side was pretty steep but we made it to the Queens Arms in Litton about lunchtime. It was a fairly brief stop as we had planned to walk along the riverside to the next village (Arncliffe) for another refreshment before tackling the hike back over the hill to Kettlewell.
Wet feet were the order of the day as we got near the Falcon Inn, with underground springs flooding our path:
The Falcon Inn was the original Woolpack, as seen in the TV series Emmerdale:
Another beer there plus a quick bite and then we were off further along the valley floor, heading towards a lower part of the ridge to climb. First we had to get across the river:
The lesser height of the ridge further down Littondale made the climb fairly comfortable, but there were one or two technical bits on the way down. Unfortunately, the battery on my phone failed and so I don't have full Strava stats for the walk, which had originally been estimated by Ken at 10-12 miles. Stewart's fitbit, however, calculated the distance as nearer to 15 miles, but there were a lot of careful mini-steps on both descents, so probably the higher end of Ken's estimate might have been nearer the mark.
After some rest and relaxation - mostly hot baths - we crossed the road to have dinner in the Blue Bell Inn. Whilst it has a nice selection of 8 real ales, the food was generally on the poor side of standard pub fare.
posted by Ian R Stewart @ 16:32
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