Horton, West Yorkshire with Eva

 Eva and I had a wander about Ilkley Moor and also did a bit of a walk up from Horton Women's Centre up to Horton Moor. Very beautiful, and fun to do together. We stayed in a fairly unfriendly Airbnb in Ilkley on night one and had a nose around the town. Nights two and three were in the centre. Love the kitchen there, all very homely, and the various wood fires in the open hearths that burned cosily for much of the day.

Midget

Horton

On Ilkley Moor

Gorgeous weather

In Betty's tea shop in Ilkley, enjoying the finer things in life

Creeeee-e-e-am

Yorkshire Dales: Pen-y-Ghent

Today we lolled round in the women’s centre as it was raining. Got up late and didn’t venture out till about lunchtime. We took the path that runs past the centre up to Pen-y-Ghent, a local landmark. It was a wide and easy limestone path flanked by drywall. A few muddy patches and puddles spanning the path, but nothing that wasn’t navigable for me with Eva’s help - she was in wellies! It was really windy going up, but fortunately the blast was at our backs. We turns around when we got to the cloud line. Everyone we met who were coming back down said it was ridiculously windy at the top. An hour up and an hour back, then a late lunch and reading/conking out (me) by the fire. All very satisfactory. 

Yorkshire Dales: Ilkley Moor

Eva and I have come up to the Yorkshire Dales National Park for a few days. Drove about 4 hours up to Ilkley yesterday, had a look around and a scrumptious cream tea in Betty’s. Then vegged out in the Airbnb and watched Dance Moms and Something Very Bad is Going to Happen.

Today we had a little toddle around Ilkley Moor from the cow and calf rocks before driving to Settle. Lovely little town with some nice shops. We had a very welcome lunch there before driving up the road to the Horton place we are staying at.