Blogs from Malham, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

1. Lee’s socks, well not Lee’s socks because they’re my socks, but socks that Lee knits are better than even I thought. Two or three pairs will get me through the worst of conditions. My boots were so bad at one stage I dunked them in a cow drinking trough just to get mud off them. 2. Jake and Marie’s map wallet, well not their map wallet because it’s mine, but a map wallet that they gave me has served me really well. It has survived several big walks and is still waterproof and still with me everywhere and every time I walk. It is actually waterproof. 3. I should write a guide book. Then there would be no phrases like ‘right at the top of the incline turn left’, ‘taking the right turn will lead ... read more

“Charming Yorkshire dale landscape” Its about 30mts walk from the main village. Better wear some rough hiking-boots as the limestones striven all over the base are slippery. The rock face looks majestic and imposing upon the people and it kind of makes people look like Lilliputians of the Gulliver's world ! As such, tiny people are hanging on the rope and swinging around pretending to be rock-climbing and having fun. There is a small water falls kind of hidden which I completely missed it. The water flows down to become a refreshing and relaxing ravine where school children were jumping from one mound to another. One of them jumped right into the water splashing everyone. The rock is surrounded by several hills with never-ending green meadows as far as the eyes can see, dotted with grazing ... read more

Friday 19th June Another walk on the Dales The weather has improved a little today from yesterday and so has my cold.Mind you being out in that chilling wind would have cleared the worst sinus or head cold!!! With the black pudding and bacon from Tuesday market finished it was back to scrambled egg today.Heres hoping the Skipton market which we plan to go tomorrow has black pudding on offer somewhere. Cousin Iain and his wife Chris called for us around 10am and we drove off in their Renault Clio to Malham via a rather windy and narrow road to Malham from where we would start our walk on the dales. The weather was actually quite good for walking as the wind from the past couple of days had died away and although it was overcast ... read more

Saturday 3rd May - After our epic 23 mile 'very uphill' beautiful trudge yesterday into Malham, we were very quickly starting to realise why the Pennine Way's total ascent is nearly 32,000ft - in just that one day, we felt like we had climbed Mount Everest! Feeling slightly stiff in the morning, we decided to give our legs and feet a rest - we know there are some lovely short walks around the picturesque village of Malham, but we decided it was sensible to take it easy and relax. This was also on the basis that our feet probably were in a state of shock and would probably quite enjoy a rest themselves. We spent an enjoyable day updating our blog and chatting with enthusiasm about our wonderful experiences hiking the Pennine Way to date. Tomorrow, ... read more