We continue to enjoy ourselves in Swaledale – but looking forward to the opportunity to go to the pub from next weekend. The Farmers Arms will only be serving take-away initially – nothing indoors – but we’re hopeful that Tan Hill (Highest pub in England – and just up the road from here) will be open properly…

We’ve done a few walks – notably to some old Lead Mining areas which were hugely active around here in the 18th century – not so much now(!) and unfortunately, many of the spill sites remain – 200 years later…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We somehow got off the beaten path – and found ourselves bush-whacking for a while – fortunately, the heather is still pretty low and the ground was not too wet…

We prefer the more groomed trails – here above Muker on the Corps Way – and we’ve been out and about on Steve and Sue’s Tandem quite a few times too…

Recently, we’ve had quite a bit of rain… the rivers are full…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It appears a bird wasn’t too enamored by the weather either – and tried to get in… must’ve had a headache in the morning!!!

 

Strangely, even though I’ve been coming up to Swaledale all my life, I managed to find myself in a place I’d never been to before – less than 2 miles from the cottage – Kisdon Force. Two large waterfall/pools just slightly off the beaten track – but which was the location for a ‘Rave’ a couple of weekends ago as lockdown in the UK eased somewhat. I can understand why they were attracted here – hidden away and with opportunity for wild swimming. Wish I was 40 years younger!!

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Couple of other pics from a previous walk…