Conscious today would be a mix of sunshine and showers, some heavy, we were keen to be away early. Grassington was just over half an hour down the road, and from there a walk took you down to Linton falls and across to the stepping stones near Linton church before looping back to the village.
The wind blew cold as we walked across the fields.Today we would be leaving the Yorkshire dales, which felt a little sad. We've really enjoyed our time walking in the dales, and hope to return to the area in the future. After Grassington we returned to Skipton to stop at Tesco before taking a series of fast roads which climbed up onto the Yorkshire moors, pass RAF Menwith Hill, the largest electronic monitoring station in the world. Angela didn't feel well, our stir fry meal last night hadn't sat well with her, keeping her awake during the night and causing her to feel lethargic today. Not wanting to drive too much today, John found a small farm campsite up in the hills above Pateley Bridge. It is very exposed, and a keen wind, a south westerly is whooshing across the valley, rocking Margery a little.
By late afternoon bands of persistent rain battered us, the view back across to RAF Menwith Hill disappearing and reappeared at intervals. We've been lucky with the weather since arriving in Yorkshire, escaping all the storms forecast, but this evening we must let the weather system pass, and hopefully as promised, tomorrow will dawn fine and settled. As the light fades this evening, a murder of crows beat a hasty retreat towards the nearby woodland. We wonder, how extreme will the weather be here during the winter time. It makes us shiver a little just thinking about it.
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