Brimham Rocks Walk - 20th June 2017

15 walkers and 1 dog met for this walk from Brimham Rocks on a somewhat overcast, but thankfully cooler day than the previous ones had been.  The walk takes in some very varied scenery, without any hard uphill slogs, just some nice undulations.  There one or two awkward stiles to negotiate on the way round and apart from the leader overshooting the mark on the homeward stretch, taking the walk from a nice 6.5 miles to a somewhat longer 8.2 miles, all went well.  It happens to the best of us!  Tea, cakes and/or ice creams were taken at G&Ts in Risplith on the way home - very nice cafe and apparently the ice creams were lovely.

Mallerstang Valley Walk - 13th June 2017

Wilf & Janet's walk starting from Nateby just South of Kirkby Stephen and going down the West side of the river Eden and coming back up on the East side of the river - about 7.1 miles according to Pete's GPS thingy.  We were exactly 20 in number and the weather was somewhat overcast but thankfully the rain held-off for us - more like occasional bursts of damp air.  It's a great walk taking in as it does a magnificent 14th century fortified tower house (Wharton House) and two 12th century ruined castles ( Lammerside Castle & Pendragon Castle) and the walk follows the river Even closely on the outward leg - then comes back up to Nateby in something of an elevated position on the hillside above the river.  The walk finishes by descending a lovely little wooded gully and beck above Nateby.  Tea and cake at the Nateby Inn where the very helpful lady serving us seemed to be all on her own and hence a bit rushed off her feet - hopefully she'll have more help in place as the summer wears on?

Lammerside Castle (remains of)

Pendragon Castle - seriously remodeled by the Scots in 1541

Wonderful "information heavy" road side by Pendragon Castle.  One presumes that over the years a number of oversize lorries have become stuck on the small road down to the river that then becomes a narrow farm track as it heads West?  Just for the record we didn't see a single red squirrel - sadly.

Dentdale Walk - 30th May 2017

This was Jill & Irene's walk - a repeat of the last Dent walk they did followed by a sumptuous afternoon tea (like last time).  Looks as though it was OK weather but sadly I have no write-up on the walk from anyone - but various folks have sent me photos which I attach below - not sure which photo refers to which of the two walks but I'm sure those who were there on the day will know.