It was going to be quite a short days walk to Newton Grange (near Gargrave) today, and so that I didn’t arrive too early I had a late breakfast. There was less incentive to get going as the sun was hidden behind clouds and there was a chill in the easterly wind.
I was soon [...]
Having received instructions on how to get back to the Pennine Way I dared not take another route for fear of the potential consequences! (the regime at B&B I stayed at on the outskirts of Hebden Bridge was quite authoritarian, if not outright dictatorial).
The views from Blackstone Edge should have been superb, but with the haze they were rather subdued.
It was half a mile or so back to the Pennine Way, so I took up the offer of a lift – I needn’t have bothered as much of the day was very easy walking on the flat.
It was again very hazy (if it were autumn it would probably be described as misty) spoiling what [...]
While the hazy sunshine made the views very misty the beauty of Standedge still shines out.
The view over the reservoir during breakfast was most appealing, and it was just a quick walk down the hill to rejoin the Pennine Way – thankfully I had listened to the instructions from the B&B as the path went through what looked like a drain under the old railway line…
While it was nice and sunny on the first day out of Edale the visibility was very hazy, however the view from the top of Edale Rocks was quite uplifting and gave a good sense of what was to come in the next 19 days.
After an excellent breakfast I was well fuelled for the first stage of the Pennine Way. I was up and about early but from the window of the breakfast room I had already spotted one person who looked likely to be on his was to Kirk Yetholm.
It was an easy path out of Edale [...]
After arriving by train I had a few hours to wander around Edale. To the south there is a fine ridge walk giving good views all round and a sneaky peak to the north with Kinder Scout in the far distance.
It took about 5 hours on various trains but I was safely at Edale, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the light breeze was cooling. It was then that I had a major crisis – walking stick (MK1) had disappeared, while I was ambling into the village of Edale it was heading [...]
