Day 8 Barrow in Furness to Barrowford Walk

Settle to Gargrave 11.5miles 1000ft

Setting off from Settle market place....

....starting the climb out on the Pennine Bridleway....

....with a good view back to Settle

Stockdale beck just before it falls over....

 

Scaleber Force...very little water in the beck after this dry weather

Looking north to Langcliffe Scar....

....and south to a misty Pendle Hill

Continuing on the bridleway above Bookill Gill beck

Sat in the grass for morning coffee and flapjack

Continuing South East on Langber lane track....

....and again

Lunch time stop by Otterburn beck

Joining the Pennine Way about mile from Gargrave

Crossing the Leeds Liverpool canal on the way into Gargrave

Fortunately I'm not walking to any of these places...

....just into Gargrave....

....with a final stroll along the canal

Day 8 completed just one day left now to Barrowford!

 Day 7 of my Barrow in Furness to Barrowford (East Lancashire) walk

Ribblehead to Settle 15.5miles 1300ft

The early morning train to Carlisle crossing Ribblehead viaduct with Whernside in cloud behind

The sun rises bringing light to Ribblesdale....

....evaporating the mist from the valley

Crossing 'God's Bridge' on the Ribble Way path, so named because its natural formation

The landscape has a lot of these limestone pavements

Passing the stretch of water known as 'The Tarn'....

....before descending to Horton-in-Ribblesdale

....and again....

....Where I joined the Ribble Way riverside path

Looking back to Pen-Y-Ghent

Continuing along the riverside....

....before leaving it at the Langcliffe mill weir

....where I joined to the Pennine Bridleway long distance path...

....as I passed through the pretty Langcliffe village....

....from where I climbed to a vantage point above Settle

Zooming in on Settle railway station....

....before entering the town centre....

....where the market square is a popular stopping place for bikers

Finally I noticed this amusing window box where I stood to wait for my lift back to Ribblehead

A great day's walking down Ribblesdale with some great views and lots of interest. Just 2 days left now to my destination, Barrowford.

 Day 6 of my Barrow in Furness to Barrowford Walk 

Dent to Ribblehead via Whernside 11.5miles 2200ft

Leaving Dent village the first part of my walk followed the Dales Way trail up Dentdale

 

Looking back to the village

Starting the climb out of  Dentdale to climb Whernside - one of the fells of the '3 Peaks Challenge'

The sheep were playing 'I'm the King of the Castle'!

Looking across the valley to Arten Gill viaduct which I would be crossing on the train later in the day

Whernside summit ridge has several of these little tarns....

....followed by a final climb to the summit....

.....and again

The summit trig point at 2415ft making it the highest of the 'Dales 30 fells' ie those over 2000ft in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

Starting the descent with Ingleborough on the horizon

....and again

A first sight of the famous Ribblehead viaduct....

....with the timely arrival of a train crossing it

My walk finished at Ribblehead station on the south side of the viaduct where I was catching the train part way back to Dent village

Besides being a passenger line it is also very busy with freight trains

I'm now on the train crossing the viaduct....

.....and again...

....and again....

....and finally alighting at Dent Station which is actually at Cowgill village about 5 miles from Dent! Fortunately I had lift arranged to take me back to my car in Dent village.

A lovely day's walk with a great finish over Whernside and a train ride over the viaduct!