Yorkshire Dales holiday
Skipton, Kettlewell and Starbotton
We took the train to Skipton and paid a short visit to Tesco (behind
me when I took this) before going on to the bus station
This bridge over the canal goes to the bus station
We got a bus from Skipton to Grassington, then had a 45 minute wait
for the minibus to Kettlewell
Kettlewell
and the bridge over the Beck.
It was raining the next morning, though not very hard, and we decided
to go on the short walk to Starbotton
and back.
We were staying in Dale House, with the white wall here - the first
floor window was in our room
We took the Dales Way north beside the Rivre Wharfe
Everywhere was pretty rain-soaked
and the distant hills were muted by the rain
at times the path went very close to the river
Lambs were feeding on the grass
I wasn't sure if the tractor was parked or abandoned in this corner
of the field
most of the buildings in the fields are simply barns
the river meanders in the valley here
and there is a reed bed
another barn up the hill - and some bullocks
At Starbotton there is a footbridge (the war memorial in Kettlewell
calls it Starbottom, a much better name.)
I think we were too early for the pub to be open
Most of the ancient village here was destroyed in the 1686 flood, and some
houses date from shortly after that
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