Dave Rambles on and on...: Mountain Magic - Yorkshire 3 Peaks

Thursday, 31 May 2018

Mountain Magic - Yorkshire 3 Peaks - 25th May 2018

We stayed at a fabulous B&B at Middle Studfold Farm , just 1 mile outside of Horton. We had a fantastic evening meal and Jan (the landlady) got up at 5.00 to make us an early breakfast at 5.30. We hadn't expected that but what a brilliant start to the day !!

After a wholesome Yorkshire breakfast we drove the mile down to the Golden Lion Car Park and started the walk.

We followed the standard route from Horton - Pen y Ghent - Whernside - Ingleborough - Horton.

The weather was overcast and windy. We - Myself , Rowan (son) and Howard (friend) set of at a good pace up to Pen Y Ghent. We were soon (puffing and panting) at the top in about 1.5 hours. After a short break at the wind break we headed of down on the good path into the valley.

Pen Y Ghent from our B&B the evening before

Howard and Rowan on the way up

The final pull is quite steep

I always look so happy

By the time we got to Ribblehead Viaduct Howard was struggling and wisely decided to pull out. A magnificent effort considering he was a bit rusty and hadn't managed to get any walks in on the preceding weeks.

We couldn't get a signal so we had to leave Howard to catch a train back to Horton to call in International Rescue (Anne and Sarah).

From the viaduct it was a steady pull around the flank of Whernside up to the ridge path.

The ridge path on Whernside was incredibly windy. We stopped for a well deserved break at the summit wind break. I was very slow on the steep rocky path down from Whernside with Rowan racing ahead. Eventually we met up with Anne , Sarah and Howard at the Old Hill Inn near Chapel le Dale. After a quick water / coffee top up we set off on the final leg.

The weather had been kind to us - the rain only set in on the way up to Ingleborough - by the time we got to the top the summit plateau was covered in mist.