{"id":546,"date":"2009-06-07T21:37:37","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T21:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/?p=546"},"modified":"2022-04-11T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:49:12","slug":"yorkshire-dales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haydnwilliams.com\/blog\/yorkshire-dales\/","title":{"rendered":"Yorkshire Dales"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just spent a weekend watching other people doing things that I want to be doing. Predominantly climbing and biking.<\/p>\n

This weekend was spent in the Yorkshire Dales, not getting drenched and thereby showing two fingers to the general weather forecast. Yesterday we went for a walk which, due to factors entirely beyond my control, entailed walking the red cycle loop at Gisburn Forest. That’s right, we walked it. I can report that although predominantly fireroad, there are some interesting singletrack bits and obviously a lot of new trail-building going on. A quick Google search<\/a> has lots more info. After a spot of lunch we then went for a wander at Malham Cove. Without binoculars it was quite difficult to be as fascinated as everyone else by the resident peregrine falcons, but I sat and watched people climbing for a bit. The last (and only) time I’ve been before entailed standing at the top and looking over the edge, and it was long before I started climbing too, so it was interesting to figure out the different lines on the various bits of the cove.<\/p>\n

\"<strong>Unknown

Unknown climbers, Malham Cove.<\/strong>
Copyright Haydn Williams 2009.<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, like pretty much every venue I visit, it all looked a bit nails, but I was still jealous of everyone who’d managed to snatch a dry day from a cruddy forecast. From there, we climbed up the side and across the top, doing the whole “geography-in-action” bit on the limestone pavement. Geeky as it might be, there’s no denying the fact that it is pretty cool.<\/p>\n

\"<strong>Limestone

Limestone pavement, Malham Cove.<\/strong>
Copyright Haydn Williams 2009<\/p><\/div>\n

From there we just went back to the village, and onwards to a pub tea. Today we left the cottage early and stopped off in Skipton on the way home. It’s quite nice for a bit of shopping, I guess.<\/p>\n

\"<strong>View

View from a Dales road. I liked the simplicity.<\/strong>
Copyright Haydn Williams 2009<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, I’m aware that this blog is slowly descending into lameness, so I promise to go out soon and climb a rock \/ ride down some muddy trails \/ watch a band, and take some photos to prove it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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