Easter 2016

Saturday 26th March to Tuesday 29th March 2016

An after Uzbekistan bag-pack-for-Sarah trip up to Chorley to spend the evening with Dave's dad. On Easter Sunday we ventured out to Crosby to see the 'Another Place' statues in the sand - they are fab!

We walked along the beach to the end of the statues and bought a creamy hot chocolate at the hut at the end.  Creamy top on a windy day proved not to be the best idea - and we ended up wearing a lot of the cream rather than eating it!
In the afternoon we tracked down the 'candy boat' which is sweet shop on the canal barge - yummy!

After a Chinese for tea we drove up to Horton-in-Ribblesdale where we camped the night for an easy set off in the morning.

The next morning we set off for the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge.  We 'clocked' in at the cafe at 7:55 am by putting a slip through the cafe door.  Then it was off to Pen-y-Ghent in the snow!

Then it was a decent down to the boggy bit on route to Whernside with the challenge of a river crossing with stepping stones that were no longer there.

Bog over and done with it was a walk along the road with a very welcome tea van at the junction for a lovely cup of tea.  Then it was on wards past the viaduct and a climb up Whernside.

Then it was a steep drop off Whernside and up to the top of Ingleborough - very fogy up the top this afternoon and not the fantastic views we were lucky enough to have from Whernside.  From Whernside it was a steady drop down from the top back to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, and a 'clock out' out the cafe clock at 19:21 - 11 hours and 26 minutes to do the 25 mile route.

Stiff legged in the morning we drove South and back to Somerset for a well deserved rest!