We stayed in a roadside hotel outside Skipton on the way home....I wish it had been a lot further from the road!! Still, had it been, it would have been much more than £55.....
This was just over halfway home, and a chance to see a little of where pirate raced nine times, in the Three Peaks Cyclo-cross race.
Through Settle to Horton in Ribblesdale, where the cyclists start up towards Pen y Ghent mountain, after doing Ingleborough and Whernside (including going past the Ribblehead viaduct) . We walked up nearly the first half...1½ miles....the second half..1¾miles...would have been too much!! As it was the three miles took nearly three hours.
Along the road to where the riders leave the road and head up a track.
An apt name...seeing the view...
Onwards and upwards....
Sandwiches and cake from Kirby Lonsdale...then on the road again.
A much needed stop at Gretna Green....then home shopping in Thornhill...one hour of travelling to go, as it gradually turned to night.
We were very glad indeed to arrive home. The car was emptied ...cleaning it can wait!!
Today has been catching up time...doing the laundry, packing two fleabay sales and taking them to the post office by bike. Relaxing, then clearing the polytunnel of tomatoes...a washing up bowl full! I must clear and clean the greenhouse tomorrow morning.
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And oh! the stone walls! Many stones still in the fields too! What a nice journey, and welcome home!
Lovely countryside. Always lots to do after a trip away!
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I will always be enthralled by the stone work.
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Love it Zhoen!!
Whew, that's quite a walk. I would be winded with the climbing upwards. Very scenic though and looks like you had a wonderful outing. I see what you mean though about just off the road.
Impressive!
It is such a beautiful area. We used to cycle there too, not sure I could do it now. I specially loved the photo of the long path stretching over the moors in the sunshine.
All that lovely brick and stone.....
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