Day 7 Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Hawes

From our accommodation,

we returned to the start of the path where we left yesterday. We passed the scene of last evenings celebration 😜

It now seems traditional that we climb instantly each day.  We started with a long climb along the narrow Harber Scar lane

with the views behind, if you ignore the Scar of the quarry, being an excuse for a breather as we soaked them in.

 

 A decent gap between my full English and this immediate climb might of paid dividends, hindsight is a good thing This day has consisted of wall enclosed stony tracks old packhorse trials used for centuries a thoroughfares  over the wild limestone moors and the final descent across Moorland and fields into Hawes. The almost ever present drystone walls on this section tend to mute the exhilaration of being out on the moors, but do make for easy navigation With limestone comes potholes and one example is at Sell Gill holes , where the water from Sell Gill disappears into a gaping hole in the ground.

The way now crosses Jackdaw Hill and an old trading route. This seem to go on for a long time and the hard surface was quite tough on our feet. We pass a  reserve at Ling Gill which was a deep vein, just beyond was the ancient packhorse bridge at Ling Bridge a perfect spot to ponder

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then continued onto the expanse of Cam Fell. Here the pass meets a harsh logging road at Cam End, again tough on our feet but with views of all three the Yorkshire peaks as well as Ribblehead viaduct.

Where the  Pennine  way  meets Cam  High Road is the route of an old Roman Road now upgraded to support timber Lorrie’s, this harsh logging road has eradicated any sign of the path that used to carry Romans, Drovers, packhorses and walkers.

We did pass the high point of the Dales Way, a much shorter long distance path. We turn left of the tarmac to you join West Cam Road another old drove route above the lush valley of Snaizeholme

we hugged the lip of Dodd fell on our right and the valley on our left  

around us the sky was huge and the path unravels easily and the moorland walking is straight forward up and down Rottenstone hill

Hawes is now in view seen like a far distant land Wensleydale 

We then have a path through a boggy field

We go onto Hawes via fields and past the church

We go past St. Margarets church

And finally through an old entrance to Hawes main road

We then turn right and a short walk to our accommodation. Today’s route was not particularly hard but the heat certainly made it tough.