First Day Wanderings

Day 1 of our holiday dawned bright and sunny and there was a choice of interesting footpaths from the site to explore. The bearmobile therefore had a day off to recover from a long drive up, and we set off on paw with rucksacks bulging with sandwiches (not marmalade) and other goodies to sustain us, as we knew that fitness freak Chelmer would take us on a long trek.

We went over moor and down dale (literally) then some farm track and then lots more moor. We weren't far from the tourist honeypot of Malham, but were just far enough away to have all the stunning countryside to ourselves. There was no other walker in sight all day, just a handful of mountain bikers, who were gone as soon as seen.

Although we'd had a relaxed morning and didn't set out until 11:30 we'd done 7 miles before we stopped for lunch and did virtually the same again after lunch. We'd got used to this sort of distance walking Offa's Dyke.

Just as we finished lunch, the rain started, but thankfully it wasn't heavy, so we continued with the walk as planned - no short cuts for us! We didn't hang around though and romped along over 3 straight miles of Mastiles Lane crossing Kilnsey Moor, before turning in the direction of the site.

We apologise for the lack of photos to accompany this post but we blame the rain and the size of the walking party - we all thought the others had taken pics - and also, too much time spent talking to all the friendly sheep. Our next post will have photos though, we promise.

Lots of love

The B.U. Caravanners xxx






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