6th April -- Ravenstonedale, Cumbria | |||||
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Very wet all day | |||||
The A group made a wet start in Sedburgh | |||||
Climbing up | towards The Calf | ||||
where the rain turned to snow! | |||||
Shortest ever lunch stop | |||||
Frizzy hair was the day's main worry | Alan gets topical and impersonates Nigel Farage | ||||
Plan D down Bowderdale | Subliminal advertising frm LLoys Bank | ||||
A fine bunch | Bowderdale our escape route for the day | ||||
There's always time to do the Funky Chicken | |||||
What we thought of the weather.. | |||||
The B walk kept to the valley - avoiding the mist and snow but still getting thoroughly wet. Not many photos.. | |||||
Cheer up, only a mile or so to go... | Tops clearing | Rain clouds disappearing towards Yorkshire | |||
The C walk headed North up Smardale, and maybe had the best of the day's picturesque (and plenty of bridges!) | |||||
Keep smiling through.. | |||||
The day's first bridge | |||||
No bridge too small.. | |||||
..but some are too wonky.. | That's more like it! | ||||
The biggest bridge of the day | |||||
View down Smardale with the cloud-covered Howgills in the distance | |||||
And finally...the more than usually welcome warmth and shelter of the pub | |||||
Right Ruff bunch found in the pub, been there a while going by their condition | |||||
Everyone talked about what a smashing walk it was...In hindsight | |||||
Interference! | Too late.. | ||||
.. the Sun came out ..at home time | Catching up on lunchtime on the coach home! | ||||
Photos by Derek Hesketh, Bob Jackson, Phil Cunningham and John Hodgson |