Hawes (O.S. 98 - 873898)
1300 Ft (400 M)
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DAY 8 SUMMARY
An interesting day, but for some reason I found it rather hard. It was still
very hot, as it has been all the time up to this point. Along the way today
there was plently of interesting sights, especially with all of the sites of
natural erosion to see, where water and limestone has come together and formed
massive caverns, as well as only one climb of note over the day. We had our
lunch near West Cam Road, 4 miles from Hawes. Unfortunately we are going to have
to have a rest day tommorow as all the accommodation is completely booked up in
Keld. However, we should have planned for this earlier as Keld is the point
where the Coast to Coast meets up with the Pennine Way thus making it a very
busy place in summer.
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From Horton-in-Ribblesdale the
Pennine way leads you down a short distance of a rather busy road, before it
turns off, heading towards the Birkwith Moor. Along this approach to the moor
lots of pot holes can be found, that was made by natural erosion of the
limestone by water. The most remarkable of such is one you are going to be
walking past, Sell Gill Hole, which has openings on both sides of the footpath
to form a natural bridge, has a pitch 150 ft (46m) high and has a large
chamber said to be one of the largest in the Dales.
When you are on the moor
the Pennine way leads you towards Old Ing that dates back to a least the 16th
century. About 1 mile on from Old Ing you come to a lovely stone bridge that
is called Ling Gill bridge. The Bridge as got a message on it that is in it's
is 230 years old. It reads
ANNO 1765 THIS BRIDGE
WAS REPAIRED AT THE CHARGE OF THE WHOLE WEST RIDELING.
From the Bridge the
Pennine way rises slowly over a few miles to the Cam High Road, which you will
be on for the rest of the day's journeys. If you don't know about the ancient
road you could be forgiven to begin to think that it is a long farm track.
When the track nears Kidhow Gate you can safely say, that for the next 4 miles
the route is going to be all down hill, no up hill or flat. After a while, as
Fountain Fell was yesterday this track can get a bit boring, but if you do
just keep going, when you get to Hawes, you will forget all this as the town
is large with lots of shops and Pubs, an ideal place to unwind in the evening.
The people in Hawes has quite a choose of pub to go to, and so have you if
your interested as there is 5 Pubs in a row on the high street. At the edge of
the town just after the road to the Youth Hostel there is another road that
leads you to Hawes Creamery, where they make Wensleydale Cheese. Y.H.A Members
get in at a discount price.
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REFRESHMENTS
None on the route. Numerous hotels/public houses and cafes in
Hawes.
ACCOMMODATION
A youth hostel, hotel/public houses and guest houses at Hawes
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