Kettlewell to Outershaw 8 miles
We had, what can only be described as the largest breakfast ever seen by man, put in front of us. We couldn’t eat it all which was a waste.
As we set off it started to rain, which lasted all of ten minutes or so. We followed the River Wharf to Starbotton & Buckden
stopping for a refreshing pot of tea, now in sunshine.
We then made our way to Hubbleholm to the 12th century church which is well worth a visit.
The Dales path runs behind the church and as we were walking along the river we could this elderly lady up ahead, alone as we thought, looking to be in some kind of bother. As we drew closer we could see an elderly man lying on the ground and I thought he had probably collapsed or something worse. As we reached him we could see he was holding a video camera with a sound system and when we asked him if he was OK. he told us to be quiet! It turned out he was making a home documentary about wild orchids.
He wanted Steve & I to lie on the ground to pretend we were from an orchid’s society and had found a rare orchid, and he wanted to film us taking photos of the flower.
Up for a laugh we lay down with the camera whilst the gent videoed us. We stayed for about three minutes then went on our way and with the elderly gent still trying to tell us what to look out for, we waved a hasty goodbye.
Further up the path we met somebody walking the opposite way, from Bowness to Ilkley, and he was looking a little tired so we stopped to enlighten him about the orchid film director which brought a smile to his face.
So back on track we headed along the River Wharf
to East House Farm, Beckermonds.
And this is what we walked all the way from Ilkley for, a view like this:-
AND, yes, we got our scones – a whole delicious plateful. Not only that we also enjoyed a most sumptuous evening meal.