Day 15: Skipton to Kilnsey to Hawkswick Cote (Near Arncliffe)

Hawkswick Cote (Image courtesy of panoramio.com)

Josh and Megan stopped in Kilnsey for a short break. (Image courtesy of panoramio.com)

To my adoring blogites, (a word I am coining as a reader of blogs), I am sorry for my absence from this wonderous site. As you will have heard on the last post, due to an injury, Isaac unfortunately had to head for home. Over the past few days we have been pretty shattered by the end of each day and haven't much felt like writing the blog once in bed. So let me fill you in with some of the highlights:

At one point we were heading through some moors when a wrong turn took us 25 minutes off course, setting us back an hour. That night we were priviledged to view a simply beautiful sunset falling perfectly in the dip between two mountains on the horizon. The following day we landed in a campsite with a rather bad midge problem that sent us to an early bed, although they didn't prevent us enjoying a bottle of beer each. We drank the beer from beneath our head nets.

When heading to Skipton we were lucky enough to see a new born calf being coaxed into taking it's first steps by it's mother.

When we camped up we were in the most perfect, secluded location, found by Isaac. On a little bank with a stream on one side and a tree covered slope on the other side. We were completely hidden with the shelter of the trees above. After setting up our tents we set to making a fire to keep us warm but partially to drive away the midges. We sat there in the darkness, watching the showers of sparks rise above the crackling fire to vanish into the pitch blackness that surrounded us. The only sound was the occassional squeek from a bat above.

Today, with Megan at my side again, we headed out of Skipton and north towards our goal. We are now lying in the tent, camped up in a campsite at a place called Hawkswick. Tomorrow the goal is simply to go as far as we can. Fingers crossed for good weather!

-Josh-