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LIFETIME of WALKS by DEREK HARWOOD


Derek Harwood's Walking Records

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                        PENNINE WAY

                           Airton River to Ribblesdale

13th September 1981 ........................................Walk No. 6

 
Pennine Way No.5                                Total: 91.75 miles

Time Taken: 10.45 hrs         Distance:       Enjoyment:           Weather:  Sunny           
  07:30 am - 6:15 pm           17.75 miles             80%        

Temp:    Cloud:       Rain:     Visibility:       Ground Conditions:       Wild Life:    
 19oC        50%           1%         Good               Boggy in Parts                     n/a       

Total AA:      Total MH:    Total LD:      Total AW:      Other:       Total Distance:
    0 mls            0 mls         91.75 mls        0 mls            5 mls            96.75 miles

Companions:   Christopher Burrows and Ricky the dog

Points of Interest and LINKS:
Pennine Way				Aire Head Springs
Gordale Scar				Malham
Great Close Scar			Pen-y-ghent
Gordale Scar				Horton in Ribblesdale

Description: Aire Head Springs very interesting. Tip-toed between springs.
Breakfast in café in Malham. Bought milk from farm. Gordale Scar fascinating.
Impressive steep gorge and wonderful limestone deposits at waterfall. Malham
Cove very interesting. Easy to imagine the huge waterfall that once fell over the
cove. Steep climb to top of cove. Rock formation on to very unusual., like a brain.
Easy to trap foot down one of the gaps. Malham Tarn very big. 1229 ft above
sea level. Great Close Scar impressive on left, as we walked on tarmac road
around Malham Tarn. Hard walking down from Fountains Fell to Rainscar House
Farm. Penyghent very impressive from Fountains Fell. Very steep walk to top,
but not as bad as it looked. Hunt Pot fenced off. Very deep hole in ground. Long
walled green road into Horton. Kath collected us in Land Rover.

Location: Start of Walk

Hazards: Care required when walking across top of Malham Cove. Easy to trap
foot and break a leg. Penyghent very steep with lots of loose stones and rocks.
Very boggy on descent, do not stray from path. At the worst boggy places wooden
fencing on ground to enable walkers to gain a solid foothold.

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