The intrepid duo and the Via Ferrata 19 August 2016
Posted by Graham Rogers on 2016-08-19
Yvonne & Melanie
The Dynamic Duo
I have just received these two photos of Yvonne and Melanie in their climb to Heaven. I am sure other members of the section will enjoy them as much as we have!
11 members joined Carol and Steve at Reeth Green for this classic Swaledale walk. The weather was glorious, the temperature having moderated slightly from the 30 degrees which we had earlier in the week. We walked down to the suspension bridge and had a lovely riverside ramble followed by a slight climb up to the Harkerside Moor road. After a short section of road walking, we climbed up to Maiden Castle for a coffee stop.
We arrived in Askrigg to find 4 walkers already gathered for the advertised 10.30am start. In fact, through force of habit, they had been there for a 10 o’clock start and were beginning to wonder where their leader was. The initial group plus Gwyneth, Dave and Carol Wilkinson and myself were joined (at the correct time) by Patrick.
I always wanted to start a walk report with that line, but on the Saturday of the S.O.C. club camp it had been a stormy night on Friday. So only four walkers, Tracy, Jill, Trevor and myself set off from Usher Gap on the `strenuous` walk up
I have never seen the trig point (at 236 meters) before so it is a "first" for me. Only Maura and I were on the expedition but the sun was shining and all was well with the world.
