177 Saturday 10 June 2023 Ribblesdale
This trip was planned a few weeks in advance, combining an ascent of Pen-y-Ghent with a visit to our friends in Selside. Julie came with us on this one. We drove up to Selside stopping for some breakfast at Pendle Heritage Centre en route.
We had tea and cake in the garden before deciding that it was too hot for Pen-y-Ghent and decided on a shorter walk that we could all go on, After passing through the hamlet we looked back at what might have been.
We crossed the infant river Ribble.
At Low Birkwith, we crossed a footbridge to take an indistinct footpath running near CAm Beck.
There was a good view across to Ingleborough.
At Nether Lodge, we joined the Three Peaks route for the climb to God's Bridge. This is looking back towards Whernside.
At God's Bridge, our friends were planning to paddle under it but evidence that Three Peaks walkers were using it as a toilet put paid to that idea.
We had a long rest stop there.
These sheep were hoping we'd leave the gate open.
Soon, we were approaching the plantations above High Birkwith.
There was an impressive limestone scar on our left.
The last leg was along the Pennine Bridleway though you wouldn't have thought it from the complete lack of either horses or bicycles that afternoon.
We got back to Selside where we had a barbecue tea. We said goodbye to our friends' ducks before driving home.
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