| Walk: | Skipton - Sharp Haw | ||
| Start Point: | Skipton canal side car park | Grid Reference: | SD 987 517 |
| Distance: | 10.5 miles | Ascent: | 1,250 feet |
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| Weather: | Weather threatened but no real rain. | ||
| Comments: | Picked up a couple of Yorkshire walkers who couldn't find their group in the car park, where incidentally a heron flew in to investigate the brook running through the car park. We all scampered safely across the A59 onto the golf course. The climb up to Sharp Haw was far less daunting than it appeared from the start, quite a gentle ascent. Muddy descent down to Flasby, then sharp left and a shorter climb to forest tracks. Met the "lost Yorkshire group" but our two foreigners stuck with us. Missed a stile on the way back, got a hard stare from Brenda who said it added a mile to the walk. But nobody needed first aid. | ||
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Church and canal side buildings at Skipton
Rain threatens as Skipton is left behind
Leaping sheep
Sustenance
Brian and John in last place
Village of the little people perhaps
Heading for Sharp Haw
Nearing the top
On top of Sharp Haw
Rain on its way from Lancashire
The leader strides out
Small flowers growing on a wall at Flasby
What's going on in there?
Passing through Flasby
Mr Morgan's national flower . . .
and a Teasel
In close formation
A muddy approach to a stream crossing