Woke to the sound of heavy rain, so took our time getting up. As the clouds broke up, we drove up by Pen y Ghent to get the views on the way Malham Cove.
There is a climbing ban until July 1st on the right hand side of Malham (the area we wanted to climb on), but just as we arrived at the cliff base, the heavens opened anyway! We could have had a go at climbing some of the overhanging routes which were staying dry, but with temperatures below 10 degrees, and considerable wind chill, the psych for trying was low! I felt quite content to be a sight-seer today and marvelled instead at how the river 'appears' below the cliff.
On the walk back to the van we got soaked, so had a little drying out session over coffee.
Dried out and re-fuelled, we set off to walk to Gordale. It was a lovely little walk through meadows and woodlands filled with wild garlic which smelt great!
Gordale was impressive, but again, low temperatures were quashing the desire to climb. Then, to affirm our decision, another huge hail storm arrived and soaked us again!
The very enjoyable drive down to Settle was something reminiscent to a scene from Postman Pat.
Then we had chips in the sun in the funky old town of Settle, before finding a campsite nearby.
The sun came out once we'd found the perfect little campspot. Brewing up in van, in the evening the sun with a reduced price pastry from co-op. What more could we ask for? Bliss.
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