{"id":1043,"date":"2012-09-18T20:17:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T19:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2025-11-23T06:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T06:31:40","slug":"up-north-and-well-luved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/09\/18\/up-north-and-well-luved\/","title":{"rendered":"Up North And Well Luved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, we are finally on our way \u2018up north\u2019, excited to be back on our campervan\u00a0travels.\u00a0 Our first stop was Peterborough, for lunch with stepmother Val and then an overnight stop at a\u00a0campsite at Newark. The next morning, the thirteenth, didn\u2019t start too well. The grey water tap lever snapped off as Rodney was shutting it and it now needs replacing.\u00a0 We set off up the A1 and then remembered that we had passed a large caravan and camping company back at Newark, so we turned off at the next exit and drove back down south to find it.\u00a0 After an hour of checking out other campervans (no we still love Eileen), the purchase of a new portable grey waste tank, some disinfectant tablets and a bit of plastic hosing, we still had no tap, so we joined the A1 and headed north again. We\u2019re now searching for a homebrew shop because they apparently use exactly the sort of tap we are looking for\u2026..?!<\/p>\n

We stopped to walk up the Cow and Calf overlooking Ilkley in Yorkshire. The weather was foul with rain and a cold wind, a shame because it is a very beautiful area. We\u2019ve marvelled at the miles upon miles of dry stone walls that line the roads and cross the fields and hills all over Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

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Getting blown away at the Cow & Calf above Ilkley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eileen below the Cow & Calf at Ilkley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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That night was spent in a campsite near Bolton Abbey, after finding that\u00a0our chosen\u00a0campsite near Grassington was already fully booked, so we had to drive back south a bit…..again. Silly us, we really thought everyone would be back at school and work and campsites would be fairly empty by now. So the next day, we made sure we phoned ahead before arriving at the site and managed to get the last hard-standing spot; we\u2019re not keen on getting bogged again, like we did in France. It was a beautifully situated campsite in Ribbledale, a few miles north of Settle with views of craggy cliffs, stone walls and of course, sheep. The next morning, we went for a wonderful, but fairly long\u00a0at four plus\u00a0hours, walk up to Malham Tarn, Malham Cove, the limestone pavement above, Gordale Scar and Janet\u2019s Foss.<\/p>\n

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Pen-Y-Ghent, Ribbledale Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Very cold and windy at Malham Tarn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At Malham Cove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rodney on the limestone pavement above Malham Cove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Goredale Scar near Malham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We were very lucky with the weather, but the next day was very miserable so we decided to \u201crest up\u201d and catch up on \u2018stuff\u2019 including lots of overdue emails. We had hoped to walk across the valley to find a pub, but the rain just wouldn\u2019t let up for\u00a0even five\u00a0minutes.\u00a0 After\u00a0three nights there and an early morning stroll in the rain, to see the River Ribble and the Stainforth Force at the bottom of the campsite, we checked out and drove across the scenic Yorkshire Dales to the Ribblehead Viaduct, which really is quite an impressive sight, even for a non-train spotter.<\/p>\n

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Stainforth Force<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A road too narrow for Eileen at Little Stainforth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ribblehead Viaduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We continued on up to Hawes, a rather nice little town, even in the rain, and we popped in to the Hawes Ropemakers centre to see how it\u2019s all done. We also indulged in some major cheese tasting at the Wensleydale Creamery which was smashing.\u00a0 I was rather taken with the clotted cream and strawberry Wensleydale cheese, but Rodney wasn\u2019t so keen.\u00a0 So after trying about 20 different varieties of yummy cheese, we came away with a delicious Wensleydale with cranberries and a rather tasty Bishopsgate.<\/p>\n

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Punk sheep ignoring the Howgill Fells near Sedburgh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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From Hawes, we drove the narrow and winding A684 to Kendal.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t stop for mint cake, but pushed on through Windermere, Ambleside and Coniston to the Park Coppice Campsite just before Torver in the Lake District. We picked a plot for the night and tucked ourselves in as the rain poured down outside and we wondered what the weather would do tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Tuesday turned out to be a day full of weather typical in the Lake District; we had sunshine, showers, rain, white clouds, grey clouds, wind, a little warmth and also quite a bit of chilly stuff.\u00a0 The only thing missing was any snow\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

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Birk Fell & Low Fell behind Coniston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We cycled down to the lake and followed the path in to Coniston.\u00a0 Rodney got his hair cut and is in a buoyant mood because every woman he meets calls him “luv”.\u00a0 I bought some\u00a0thick socks and gloves; I\u2019m going to need them tomorrow because the weather forecast is the same as today and we\u2019ve made a big plan to take on the Old Man of Coniston. No, no, we\u2019re not wrestling a local, it\u2019s a mountain.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll let you know how we went in the next blog\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, we are finally on our way \u2018up north\u2019, excited to be back on our campervan\u00a0travels.\u00a0 Our first stop was Peterborough, for lunch with stepmother Val and then an overnight stop at a\u00a0campsite at Newark. The next morning, the thirteenth, didn\u2019t start too well. The grey water tap lever snapped off as Rodney was shutting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-the-road-in-great-britain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8187,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/8187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}