Saturday 21st May – Cloudy, dry
Bus from Arnside to Kendal where met CC.Eng. Drove to Hawes and Simonstone.
Sunday 22nd May – Some brief spells of sunshine and interesting lighting on the fells etc, but frequent, inconvenient heavy showers.
Hawes, rising rivers and becks.
Monday 23rd May – Mainly very wet, particularly AM.
Farfield Mill arts and crafts, Sedburgh bookshops
Tuesday 24th May – Drier than yesterday but still very showery. One very heavy, thundery shower.
Walk in upper Swaledale near Muker and Keld. Waterfalls. Swale living up to its reputation as the fastest flowing river in England.
Wednesday 25th May
Broken cloud, brightest day of Yorkshire week.
Ribblesdale and Pen-y-ghent – quarries, geology / unconformity. Lenticular clouds. Views from top. Horton-in-Ribblesdale – Pen-y-ghent Cafe – pint size tea. Post-glaciation change in course of River Ribble.
Thursday 26th May
Increasingly wet through the day. Got the River Swale walk in, but once again found ourselves sheltering from the rain near the river.
Friday 27th May
Cloudy, mainly dry, but cold in wind, especially for late May, therefore good walk, but disappointingly couldn't linger long to sketch and take in the views.
Buckden Pike and upper Wharfedale. Views of Three Peaks.
Saturday 28th May – Travel home by car, journey along M6 somewhat an anticlimax and shock on the system after quiet second week in the Dales.
