It’s the sunniest and warmest day so far (still no rain). Now we are at Brimham Rocks - very large grit stone and sandstone rock formations scattered beautifully on top of a hill with wonderful vistas (non-bleak) of dales. The paths, rocks, wildflowers, trees and shrubbery together are the most lovely rocks garden I have ever seen. Mother nature did it all. The birds' singing adds the final touch to the calm serenity of the place. In the distance there are dogs barking, cows mooing, sheep baaing and some other animal making a screaming sound that we haven’t yet identified. We heard the same sound in Haworth but never did see the animal.
Neal rock-scrambling at Brimham Rocks We took a very narrow road to Middleham. It didn’t even have a name or number. The drive was lovely but harrowing at times because of the many sharp and blind turns. The sheep in the middle of the road didn't help either. Fortunately, there was very little traffic.
We visited the ruins of Middleham Castle, once lived in by Richard III. It was very interesting but we only learned what was on the plaques or in the guidebook that Neal bought. Again, there were purple wildflowers and moss all over the stone walls.
Lunch at the White Swan. I had an excellent seafood pie and Neal had sausage and mash with onion gravy. There was a small friendly black cat which I played with and a nice dog that belonged to another patron. She said he likes beer, not water. When I told her my dog tried Pepsi but didn’t like it because of the fizzing, she said that dogs are sensible that way and only like what’s good for them. The dog tried to sneak out the door but stopped at the cat. I brought him back to his thankful owner.
We took a long, long drive on a one lane side road again. I did the driving so couldn’t see everything but it was very beautiful. Lots of sheep were hanging out along the road as well as the fields and I had to beep the horn at a few, especially the lambs, because they were in the middle of the road. They were so cute, though, and the background so scenic, that I had to take their picture.
After an extremely steep and windy descent into Kettlewell, we drove around the rear of a B&B with a very pretty garden that we could see across the beck. Then we continued to Grassington and took the village walk, ending at the bridge with Linton Falls. It was a lovely area and I collected many seeds from wild English daisies.
A beautiful B&B in
Kettlewell.We’re at a fish and chips place in Harrogate which is fairly average. I can’t believe that tomorrow is the last day here. We have to leave early in the afternoon for the London area - but with a stop in York.
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