Horton-in-Ribblesdale to Settle.

Thursday 9 July.

We left our B&B, Horton Villa, and set off south, down the main road, past The Golden Lion. We took a minor road, that forked off left, which then became a path down to a small bridge over the river Ribble. After crossing the bridge we were then on the Ribble Way, heading south. We took a final shot of Pen-y-ghent, with its clasic profile.

 On reaching Helwith Bridge we went wrong when trying to find a short path to the minor road running south down the Ribble Valley, to the west of the river. We finished up at a flooded quarry, now a fishing lake, and had to back track. We eventually found the road and went up it, from where we took a last photographs back towards Horton. Note the change in profile of Pen-y-ghent from this view point.

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Looking south, toward Stainforth, we got the view below.

We turned down from the road into Stainforth where we had lunch at the Craven Heifer and a great view over the Ribble. We chose to take the main road down to Langcliffe, as there was a pavement, but the road was too busy and noisy. We'd advise taking the path up from the LHS of the road. Just before Langcliffe we found a quiet path, on the RHS of the road down to the Ribble with a great view back above Stainforth.

We then found a bridge across the Ribble, near a weir, and continued to Settle on the Ribble Way. It has it's own symbol, an R over a W. The condition of the path deteriorated significantly near some playing fields on the outskirts of Settle as can be seen below.

The penultimate picture is a view north, up the Ribble, from the bridge entering Settle. The final picture was also taken from that location, Bill, Ben, and my sister - Weed.