Ribblehead Revisited

16th. April 2019.                  Ribblehead Revisited 


Today’s adventure would take the lads back to the surrounding area of Ribblehead and marvel at the magnificent viaduct that was constructed there many years ago. The lads are due to take the 9:20 train from Leeds, they will be a group of six today, Eddie Colin Malcolm John Derek and Dave, unfortunately Keith had problems with the train connection to Leeds and was unable to join us.
The journey to Ribblehead takes about an hour and ten minutes, so it was just before 11:00 am when we arrived at a very chilly station platform here in the middle of such beautiful countryside






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A brief visit to the information centre here at the station then down the road to the local pub to check out their menu for our intended end of the walk meal, then off we started along with a few other keen 
ramblers. Who we had engaged in conversation with, so it was a much larger group or so for the first half mile, then our paths took a different direction, we headed under the railway the rest carried straight on towards Whernside






Our pathway took us away from the proximity of the rail tracks and on into open farm land full of ewes and their newborn lambs, hundreds and hundreds of them , such a delightful scene set against the endless drystone walling and the undulating terrain, topped off by the towering three peaks of Whernside  Ingleborough and Pen-y - ghent that overshadow this particular region.














Our journey continued as we meandered through meadow after meadow heading for an ancient pub supposedly situated near the A65 main road that runs through this particular region .
The name of the old inn was The Old Hill Inn, it is rumoured that Winston Churchill once frequented this establishment, so John had put it on his bucket list!





Eventually we came across it and sure enough it was there standing by the roadside looking all of its 400+ years, not very inviting atmosphere as we entered,so it was a rather hastily retreat.
We now followed the roadway for a few hundred yards before we found a narrow tarmac track that would eventually lead us back towards Ribblehead Viaduct and the safety of the Station Inn and a well deserved lunch time meal. With time in abundance we could now  relax and 
enjoy our meal and a rest from walking, we had covered an estimated Seven to Eight miles in roughly  three and a half hours. Now as 4:00pm arrived we left the Station Inn and crossed over the road and up the lane to the Railway Track and waited the few minutes for our train back to Leeds.
Yet another great days adventure.
Cheers Lads 

ps . A few more photos from today’s outing !






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  1. Colin Hendrick Ward17 April 2019 at 09:50

    Great day out with plenty of fresh air, good to be alive!

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