Pen-y-Ghent. 694m.

Tuesday 12^th October 2010. After a really cold night drove up to Dale Head to do Pen-y-Ghent. Really easy walk up a wide track collecting another geocache on the way. Quite a few people out walking, taking advantage of the brilliant weather. One chap was walking up bare foot? As it steepens the path becomes rocky with some scrambling but the summit is soon reached. This hill is much easier to climb than the previous two. Again loads of people on the summit and good views including a temperature inversion placing us in sunlight above the mist filled dales. Yet another geocache located then back down for lunch. I just cannot imagine what it must be like to be as fit as those who run in the Three Peaks Race across these mountains in about 10 hours. I take my hat off to them.

Pen-y-Ghent

Summit Trig Point.

Looking towards Ingleborough.

Ingleton under the mist.

Ingleborough. 724m.

Sunday 10^th October 2010.

Another windy night. Drove down to Chaple-le-Dale and parked up near the Hill Inn. Made our way out across the moors towards Ingleborough. Much of the route passed over man made paths and bridges over the boggy parts of what was pretty level going. At the foot of the hill it became very steep with steps that always seem to have been made for a seven footer. Took many rests on the way up and admired the view across the dale to Whernside, now in brilliant sunshine. Arrived at the summit and found about a dozen walkers sheltering behind the stone windbreak. Great views all around, had lunch and picked up another couple of geocaches. On the way down I veered off to the right to pick up a geocache hidden in the central area of a large exspanse of limestone pavement. This was the largest area of pavement I had ever come across. From there it was back onto the track across the fields to the transport. A good day out.

  

Ingleborough.

Summit

Summit Windbreak.

Limestone pavement.