Dales High Way 2019 Day 3

Tuesday 6^th August 2019 Chapel-le-Dale

It was a slightly late start getting out the door around 8:45.  I took a steep country lane up into the hills rather than the traditional climb to Malham Cove (as I would be going that way as part of the Pennine Way later in the month), and rejoined the Dales High Way before I got to that iconic section of limestone pavement.

12km and a little over 2 hours later I was at Settle, where I purchased some mandarins.  Then it was onward to Faizon for a cream tea and a break from the rain.

The next section concluded with a trying climb up Ingleborough and down again.

A short wander through Chapel-le-dale and along farm lanes I finally found Broadrake Bunkbarn, which was a very modern and very reasonably priced place.

Do you see the face and skeletal hand at the base of the tree?

The only other customer was a woman, so we had entirely different rooms.  The owners kindly gave me a ride back to the pub and dropped me there.  I ordered a cider and, later, ratatouille but during the hour that it took for the meal to arrive I felt a bit off.  I ended up eating less than half of the meal and drinking about 2/3 of the cider.  I asked the pub staff to call the bunk barn owners for a ride back and when I got back, I went straight to bed.

Day 4