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Rog Tallbloke BPL Member
PostedJun 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm

This weekend Kath and I caught a bus up to Grassington friday early evening and walked up onto Grassinton moor where we camped the night.

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Early saturday morning we passed through the hamlet of Conistone.

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And Past Kilnsey Crag with it's awesome overhang.

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Earlybird cimbers were already up the main wall towards the roof.

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After a pleasant climb up from Littondale we reached Malham tarn.

Malham tarn

A little trodden path rewarded us with a fine view of Pen Y Ghent.

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Down in Settle we caught the evening train to Ribblehead.

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Sunday morning we wandered along the side of Whernside, looking back to the Ribblehead viaduct.

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"The limestone paving" on the moor made interesting walking, with rare alpine flowers sheltering in the 'grikes' between the limestone 'clints'

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A lonesome windswept hawthorn tree on above Twistleton Scars.

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We descended the Doe valley past Beezley's falls.

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And finished our walk at Ingleton.Ingleton

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