Yorkshire Dales weekend 2017 (5)

Day 5 - Janet's Foss and Malham Cove

A shortish walk was on the agenda for Monday morning, prior to us all heading home. Nigel had already gone back to Huddersfield, so it was just 10 of us who drove over to Malham.

There was a slight hiccup at the start of the route, which caused us to get temporarily stuck behind a busful of foreign students. We waited patiently behind them as, one by one, they went through a number of kissing gates, before we decided to turn on the afterburners and shoot past them as they delicately tried to avoid the puddles in their designer footwear.

First stop was the Janet's Foss waterfall:

The original plan had been to head from there to Gordale Scar, another (higher) waterfall, but we were a little late starting and decided - all bar Gordon and Stewart - to bypass this and head straight for the famous Malham Cove.

The walk over gave us grand views of the multitude of dry stone walls:

We arrived at the top of Malham Cove and walked over what seemed like a garden of large stepping stones:

Then it was down the steps at the other side:

When we got to the bottom, we took in the spectacular views of the structure:

Amazingly, there were some rock climbers scaling the sheer wall:

The view when we were walking away:

A very pleasant morning - and the stats were:

Just time for a quick snack at the local cafe - no pubs today - then we all headed home. Great holiday. Here's to next year - possibly on Arran.