22nd May 2007

Today's walk (Keswick rambling club): Ribblehead - Whernside - Chapel-le-Dale


walking below the massive Ribblehead viaduct ..


.. with a glimpse of Ingleborough through the arches


looking back towards Ribblehead


Ingleborough from the path beside the railway ..


.. which runs into a tunnel under Blea Moor


falls in Force Gill


the path onto Whernside climbing beside Force Gill ..


.. higher up paved with flagstones from the floors of abandoned mills


looking back down the north east ridge of Whernside


approaching Whernside summit


Ribblehead viaduct from the top of Whernside


looking back towards the summit


descending the south west ridge with Ingleborough ahead


looking back up the ridge to Whernside summit


descending from the ridge with Ingleborough ahead


zooming in on a train crossing Ribblehead viaduct


Whernside from a fragment of limestone pavement


the chapel at Chapel-le-Dale