| Area: | Yorkshire Dales | Ascent: | 2097 feet |
| Walk No: | 97 | Time: | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Date: | 11th November 2007 | Parking: | Ingleton |
| Distance: | 8.50 | Weather: | Fine, mostly overcast but some sunny spells. Breezy on top |
| Route: | Ingleton - Crina Bottom - Ingleborough - Little Ingleborough - Old Road nr Cold Cotes - Ingleton |
We had been undecided where to go today. Our original choice had been Great Gable in the Lake District but some controversy over the leaving of poppies on the summit which I was opposed to swung our decision to Ingleborough. Other benefits would be a later start, easier parking and a summit virtually to ourselves. We left the car at Ingleton village car park which at £3.00 for the day is reasonable and regular readers will know how averse I am to car park fees.
Ingleborough from the car park at Ingleton
We walked up through the village to gain access to the fells at Fell Lane. There were some dark clouds about but we never got any rain. The nearest we came to any was this rainbow over Twistleton Scars with a sunlit Gragareth behind
Approaching Crina Bottom farm with Ingleborough behind
Getting higher. This section of path is very hard to maintain, sections have been "washed out" and the path becomes a gully
Gaining height the views started to appear. It was hard going for me along this stretch up to the summit. I started to get cramp like aches in both calfs. Fortunately when the climbing was over they disappeared.
Taken from just below the summit looking down onto Twistleton Scars with Gragareth behind
Looking back down or path towards Ingleton. The two people you can see were on there way down
Whernside from Ingleborough summit
Looking down to Ribblehead with Blea Moor behind
A close up of Ribblehead
Looking along Souther Scales Fell to Park Fell
Ingleborough summit Trig point
Edith "carefully" places our poppies within the cairn where they will stay till we next return or untill 11/11/08
Looking over Simon Fell towards a dark Pen y Ghent
The start of our path down to Little Ingleborough
Taken into the sun looking down to Gaping Gill
The path ahead over Little Ingleborough and down to Gaping Gill. Our path however is the smaller one going off to the right
A look back to the summit
Looking over to the Coniston Fells
Looking down to Morecambe Bay
I've always admired this cairn. It looks like it could topple over any moment yet as weathered may storms.
Wonder if that was the builder back in 1928
Looking over White Scars towards Black Combe
This is what I had been waiting for. An old sheepfold!!!.....but there's more......
Now you see......Twin seats, complete with back and arm rests.....Just right for a butty stop
and a view of home thrown in..........but wait.....there's more......
For those of a shorter stature there's even a footstool!
A Lakeland close-up from the butty stop
After a brief stop we continued down towards the old road between Ingleton and Clapham
Who's going to tell me?
Update: Sheila from Gosforth --- Hygrocybe coccinea or Scarlet Waxcap
This is where we exited the fellside onto the old road for the short walk back to Ingleton
Passing this lovely old church on the way back
Before long we were back in Ingleton
Remembrance Sunday - 11th November 2007
Last Walk: 9th November 2007 - Top o'Selside from High Nibthwaite
Next Walk: 13th November 2007 - High Knott from Stavely
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