Perfect weather continues. Blue skies, gentle breezes, just magic to be boating.
Roy steering with new-found skill
railway viaduct alongside the canal
We’ve gone for a hike up into the Yorkshire Dales National Park, just tickling the edge, but what a walk. An old spring well, still running water, a couple of ‘grottos’ or arched, stone tunnels about 4m deep (one used to store a ‘honey wagon’). Then to the top of the ridge for fantastic views. Then past an old monastery (maybe- called Friar’s House), a walk along a narrow lane, past an adventure training site and through woods and sheep covered fields. A varied and most enjoyable 3h walk.
We then moved on to Skipton, a busy canal center with lots of rental boats. Lots of traffic, which we haven’t seen much of. Some are wide-beamed boats (which remind me of other wide-beamed things!); double the width of Wandering Canuck, and they are certainly a challenge to navigate around, especially if handled by someone leaning to maneuver. We moored in the town, and ‘enjoyed’ a very loud pub, and patrons across the parking lot. Supper with Seagars in the Old Woolly Sheep pub was memorable, with really fine meals all-round. A great end to another very fine day.
a country lane
needed shade tree with lots of white ‘pillows’ underneath
