Yorkshire Holiday Day 7
Sunday 12th June
This morning we got up bright and early and had a look at the weather as we had decided to walk up Ingleborough.
We made ourselves some lunch and packed our bags and set off to Clapham. We started walking just after 8:30 and set off up 'Long Lane'. We carried on through a couple of fields and then met up with the main path up Ingleborough just before Gaping Gill. We made a little diversion to look at Gaping Gill cave entrance. It is Brittain's highest unbroken waterfall as the shaft is 100m deep!
After a look at the Gaping Gill we continued up and got on the top of Little Ingleborough. A little further on we had a stop and took some photos. This one is looking back at Little Ingleborough.
We carried on up and eventually made it to the top. We had a walk round the plateau and found a spot to have some lunch! Even though it was not quite 12:00!
On the way back down we were just about to have a look at a cave entrance we saw on the way up when we saw a caver about to disappear down a hole. We stopped and chatted about the cave entrances around where we were. This was the entrance to Bar Pot that inks into the Gaping Gill System.
Further down the hill we took the route through Trow Gill. An interesting gorge that is bolted for climbing. All hard routes so not somewhere I will be climbing soon!
Our next stop was at Ingleborough Show Cave. We gt there just before 14:00, nicely timed for the next tour. We were the only 2 on it! The guide was very knowledgeable and after we had informed him we were cavers he said it was much easier to explain things with technical terms!
We were lucky with the weather and had a really good day. Back at the cottage we made ourselves some dinner and had a relaxing evening.
We made ourselves some lunch and packed our bags and set off to Clapham. We started walking just after 8:30 and set off up 'Long Lane'. We carried on through a couple of fields and then met up with the main path up Ingleborough just before Gaping Gill. We made a little diversion to look at Gaping Gill cave entrance. It is Brittain's highest unbroken waterfall as the shaft is 100m deep!
After a look at the Gaping Gill we continued up and got on the top of Little Ingleborough. A little further on we had a stop and took some photos. This one is looking back at Little Ingleborough.
We carried on up and eventually made it to the top. We had a walk round the plateau and found a spot to have some lunch! Even though it was not quite 12:00!
Further down the hill we took the route through Trow Gill. An interesting gorge that is bolted for climbing. All hard routes so not somewhere I will be climbing soon!
Our next stop was at Ingleborough Show Cave. We gt there just before 14:00, nicely timed for the next tour. We were the only 2 on it! The guide was very knowledgeable and after we had informed him we were cavers he said it was much easier to explain things with technical terms!
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