Along the Wharfe and Over Hare Head

This was a great circular walk that took me from Bolton Abbey, past the ruins of Bolton Priory, along the River Wharfe, by the raging Strid, and up to Hare Head on Barden Moor. While the cold, grey, rainy weather did literally dampen my day, it didn’t stop me enjoying some of the best sights in the Yorkshire Dales. If I ever get around to writing my guidebook of walks to do in poor weather, then this walk will certainly be included. Continue reading Along the Wharfe and Over Hare Head

Linking Together Some of the Best of Wharfedale

A few weeks ago, I was puzzling over where to go for a walk. I wanted to do something new, but I’d ruled out doing several of the routes on my “to do” list of hikes in the Yorkshire Dales because I wanted to do them when the conditions were better. After looking over my maps for a while trying to decide which walk I might repeat, I realised that the most interesting option would be to bring together in one hike the highlights of a few different walks. It would be like doing a dot-to-dot puzzle of great limestone features in Wharfedale. This I could do by walking a loop that started and ended in the town of Grassington, and which took in a waterfall, a strid, a gorge, and plenty of limestone pavement. Continue reading Linking Together Some of the Best of Wharfedale